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lorry

noun

lor·​ryˈlȯr-ē How to pronounce lorry (audio)
ˈlär-
plural lorries
chiefly British

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One of the deaths happened after threelorriescollided with four other vehicles in Palmer County, said Bovina's fire chief Cesar Marquez.Mark Davis,Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025Following the closure of one of the largest steelworks in Europe in the mid-1980s, the council demolished the site as part of a program of urban regeneration, which involved transporting waste through populated areas via openlorries.Max Goldbart,Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025In the years prior to this, most people smuggling was done inlorries, via cross-Channel ferries or the Eurotunnel.The Week Uk,theweek, 1 Dec. 2024On December 19, 2016, an Islamist extremist drove alorryinto a Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 56 others.Gord Magill,Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024See All Example Sentences forlorry

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning definedabove

Time Traveler
The first known use oflorry was in 1900

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“Lorry.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lorry. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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lorry

noun
lor·​ryˈlȯr-ē How to pronounce lorry (audio)
ˈlär-
plural lorries
chiefly British
:a large open truck

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