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longhauled

longhauled

See also: long-hauled

English

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Adjective

longhauled

  1. Which has been transported long distances.
    • 1914, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, volume 61, Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, OCLC 557472707, page 290:
      Whatever may be done in the way of inspection and supervision in the future, long-hauled milk sold in large cities will continue to be pasteurized, – or treated in some equal or superior manner, []
    • 1949, Chris Demosthenes Calsoyas, The Theories and Policies of Industrial Location in the USSR (unpublished Ph.D. in Economics dissertation), Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, Berkeley, OCLC 14454221, page 36:
      It had become clear to the Soviet leaders that the coal reserves which were closer to the industrial areas of the North and Center should be exploited and that the dependence on longhauled coal and imports of coal should be reduced.
    • 2016, The Daily Telegraph, Pint to Pint: A Crawl around Britain’s Best Pubs, London: Icon Books, ISBN 978-1-78578-039-4:
      It's almost impossible to keep up with the range of beers – ten handpulls sit happily alongside long-hauled Brooklyn lager and Budweiser Budvar, plus a wide selection of ciders.

Verb

longhauled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of longhaul.

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