c1580 tr. Bugbears v. vii. 28 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 50 But I sent the knaves packinge I taught then [sic] thier lerrie & thier poop to for thier knacking.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C4^v Why haue you not taught some of those Puppes their lerrie?

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. F Wee'll hencefoorth neuer goe to a cunning woman, since men can teach vs our lerrie.

1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 197 Hauing learned her lirrie of that Frier-monger, she composed an order of Religious Virgins.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 3 Then was the Priest set to con his motions, and his Postures his Liturgies, and his Lurries.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋60 Hear and learn the Galenicall Lurrey.

1669 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. 1 Peter (1685) (ii. 12) 63 They had not learnt that lirry, that the saints are the only Lords of the world.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 220 He..begins his Lurrey.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. xvii. 101 Almost every Shepherd..will..very likely plead: Such a Man tried a Thing, and it did no Good [etc.]; This is the common Lirry.

1887 W. D. Parrish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Lerry, the ‘part’ which has to be learnt by a mummer who goes round championing. Lorry, Lurry, jingling rhyme; spoken by mummers and others.

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 126 Notwithstanding the Lurry which had been express'd upon the first hearing of it, yet when the Convention of Estates assembled..not so much as one Man in all the City was heard to speak against it.

?1690 Vindic. New Eng. in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 57 The Lerry, Dinn and Vociferations, which these Addressers make here.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 Mar. (1948) I. 206 When this parliament lurry is over, I will endeavour to steal away.

1735 J. Swift Let. to Middleton in Wks. IV. 193 Finding the whole Town in a Lurry, with Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations.

1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 421 The election..was carried on, amidst all this lurry, with the utmost decency and order.

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 135 And is the lurry of lawyers quite worn out?

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 187 Such a lurry and rable of poore farthing Friers.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 464 In lieu whereof Antichrist brings in an heap and lurry of Superstitious Opinions, Rites and Ordinances.

a1898 T. C. Peter MS. Coll. Cornish Words (E.D.D.) Thare ware sum lurry o' peepul theeare.

1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 13 Such a lerry did possess his breech.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 11 But if the Cully naps us, And the Lurries from us take. Explan. note, Lurries, Mony, Watch, Ring, or any other moveable.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 191 The fifth is a Glasier, who when he creeps in: To pinch all the Lurry, he thinks it no sin.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Lurries, c[ant], all manner of cloaths.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 33 Seven Lordly Tups he wounded mortall,..These to his hungry Mates he lurryes. (Pray what's his due, that Mutton worries?)

1879 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Suppl. Tak t' dog and lurry them sheep away.

1804 Anderson's Cumberld. Ball. 91 They fit, lugg'd, and lurry'd, aw owre blood and batter.

1804 Anderson's Cumberld. Ball. (1807) 142 The youngermak lurried ahint them.