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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lor•ry /ˈlɔri, ˈlɑri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ries. - Transport, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a large motor truck.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lor•ry (lôr′ē, lor′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - Transport, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a motor truck, esp. a large one.
- Transportany of various conveyances running on rails, as for transporting material in a mine or factory.
- Transporta long, low, horse-drawn wagon without sides.
- akin to dialect, dialectal lurry to pull, drag, lug 1830–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lorry /ˈlɒrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)- a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform
US and Canadian name: truck - off the back of a lorry ⇒ Brit informal a phrase used humorously to imply that something has been dishonestly acquired: it fell off the back of a lorry
- any of various vehicles with a flat load-carrying surface, esp one designed to run on rails
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps related to northern English dialect lurry to pull, tug |