lorry

The definition of a lorry is a motor vehicle that is used to transport cargo in England.

(noun)

An example of a lorry is a truck in which goods are moved.

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See lorry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. lorries

  1. a low, flat wagon without sides
  2. any of various trucks fitted to run on rails
  3. Brit. a motor truck

Origin: prob. < dial. lurry, lorry, to tug, pull

See lorry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. lor·ries
Chiefly British
A motor truck.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul

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