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The meaning and origin of the expression: Have no truck with
Have no truck with
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Have no truck with'?
To reject or to have nothing to do with.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Have no truck with'?
We are all familiar with trucks as carts and road vehicles, but that's not what's being referred to in 'have no truck with'. This 'truck' is the early French word 'troque', which meant 'an exchange; a barter' and came into Middle English as 'truke'. The first known record of truke is the
Vintner's Company Charter in the Anglo-Norman text of the
Patent Roll of Edward III, 1364. This relates to a transaction for some wine which was to be done 'by truke, or by exchange'.
So, to 'have truck with' was to barter or do business' with. In the 17th century and onward, the meaning of 'truck' was extended to include 'association'/'communication' and 'to have truck with' then came to mean 'commune with'.
'Truck' is now usually only heard in the negative and this usage began in the 19th century. To 'have no truck with' came to be a general term for 'have nothing to do with'. An example of that is cited in the
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1834:
Theoretically an officer should have no truck with thieves.
'Trucking' was also country slang for 'courting'/'dallying with' (and no, in case you are wondering, it has nothing to do with any similar word beginning with 'f'). To 'have no more truck' meant that a courtship had ceased. An example of that usage in print is found in
Notes and Queries, 1866:
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