lorry

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The MDC now believes that the man driving the lorry was an ex-soldier who had replaced the usual driver a short time before.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A motor truck.

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  • Gwent Police said the man was gritting roads in the Pontnewydd area of Cwmbran, when his lorry was attacked at about 9. 30pm on Monday. —  WalesOnline - Home
  • She wants me to transport them for her in my trailer as her lorry is up the duff (it's pretty titchy and crummy and it's never worked properly in all the time I've known her!!).
  • The MDC now believes that the man driving the lorry was an ex-soldier who had replaced the usual driver a short time before. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Now the driver and haulier of the lorry could be fined, after the UK Border Agency stopped the truck at Calais, France at 5. 30am on April 18.
  • The men, who were refused entry to the UK, were fingerprinted, photographed, and handed over to French police before the lorry was allowed to continue its journey to Morecambe.
 

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  1. Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul.

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  1. Also lorrie, larry; cf. English dial. lurry, pull or drag.
 

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/ˈlɑri/
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