Probably used around the world for a truck that carries
meat, in
Australia the term is also used for an
Ambulance, obviously because it's a truck that carries human meat. It is used mainly as slang it would be quite
odd to have someone ordering a "meat truck" in all seriousness for a
heart attack or something. I have also heard the terminology '
meat wagon' used for an ambulance.
It is used in the
movie Mad Max after the
Big Bopper crashes through the caravan:
Roop (driver of the car):
"You better send a meat truck. Charlie's copped a saucepan to the throat."
(
Charlie is in the passenger seat, bleeding from the
neck. He spends the rest of the movie using an
artificial voicebox)
I wouldn't have been able to quote from the movie if it wasn't for
Sasha Gabba Hey! making me watch it so much.
sneff says re Meat truck: I used to work with a woman, who although lovely, could rarely be found not talking. She loved a chat more than most. Another co-worker gave me a big grin when he said; "She could talk a dog off a meat wagon" Gotta love Aussie phrases