Comments on: Truck (flagpole) http://www.word-detective.com/2010/06/10/truck-flagpole/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: jay http://www.word-detective.com/2010/06/10/truck-flagpole/comment-page-1/#comment-28363 jay Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:54:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3264#comment-28363 You misspelled the word. The round, ballish ornament at the top of most flag poles is called a "truk" without the letter "C" and still pronounced "Truck". It represents the "Shot heard around the world", more commonly known as the start of the Revolutionary War / War of Independence. The "shot heard around the world" is the colloquialism used to refer to the first shots fired in Lexington during the beginning stages of the Revolutionary War / War of Independence. You misspelled the word. The round, ballish ornament at the top of most flag poles is called a “truk” without the letter “C” and still pronounced “Truck”.

It represents the “Shot heard around the world”, more commonly known as the start of the Revolutionary War / War of Independence. The “shot heard around the world” is the colloquialism used to refer to the first shots fired in Lexington during the beginning stages of the Revolutionary War / War of Independence.

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