lorry.
A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
Meaning & usage
A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.
Where this word comes from
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.
To transport by, or as if by, lorry.
Where this word comes from
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.
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