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lorry

noun
/ˈlɒɹi/UK/ˈlɔɹi/US/ˈlɔɹe/

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare dialectal lurry-cart), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

Definitions

  1. A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers

    A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck

  2. A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.

  3. A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.

    2. A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides

      A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

      • For the services of horses and conveyances as may be required at either camp, at a charge per diem to be stated in tender, specifying single horse carts and four horse lorries.

    3. To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

      • He lorried away with a whole pile of things, and cheated the bailiffs.
      • The midday meal at 1230hrs for 'C' and 'D' Companies would be followed by them parading at the camp gates for lorrying to Hazebrouck.
      • [S]he had bought three jars of baby food, for convenience, and was busy lorrying them into me when I unintentionally spurted a huge mouthful all over her magnificent blouse and skirt.

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Derived

articulated lorry, bin lorry, breakdown lorry, fall off the back of a lorry, flatbed lorry, lorry driver, lorryful, lorryless, lorryload, lorryman, skip lorry, steam lorry, tipper lorry

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA