of lorry)

  • 31lorry — [[t]lɒ̱ri, AM lɔ͟ːri[/t]] lorries 1) N COUNT A lorry is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. [BRIT] ...a seven ton lorry. (in AM, use truck) 2) PHRASE: PHR after v If someone says that something has fallen off the back of a… …

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  • 32Lorry-Mardigny — 48° 59′ 27″ N 6° 05′ 17″ E / 48.9908, 6.0881 …

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  • 33lorry */*/ — UK [ˈlɒrɪ] / US [ˈlɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms lorry : singular lorry plural lorries British a truck I, 1) • off the back of a lorry …

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  • 34lorry-skippin' — Liverpool Slang stealing from a lorry: Yer ve been lorry skippin …

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  • 35lorry-load — / lɒri ləυd/ noun the amount of goods carried on a lorry or in a container ● They delivered six lorry loads of coal …

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  • 36Lorry — Lorrie Lor rie, Lorry Lor ry, n.; pl. {Lorries}. [Prob. from lurry to pull or lug.] 1. A small cart or wagon moving on rails, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at… …

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  • 37Lorry Road User Charge — Die Lorry Road User Charge (LRUC) ist eine Lastwagen Maut für England, ähnlich der LSVA in der Schweiz oder der LKW Maut in Deutschland. Die Maut Betreiberin ist die englische Zollverwaltung (HM Customs and Excise). Die LRUC befindet sich… …

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  • 38lorry — lor|ry S3 [ˈlɔri US ˈlo:ri, ˈla:ri] n plural lorries BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from English dialect lurry to pull (17 19 centuries)] 1.) a large vehicle for carrying heavy goods = ↑truck 2.) …

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  • 39lorry — lor|ry [ lɔri ] noun count BRITISH a TRUCK off the back of a lorry BRITISH HUMOROUS used about something that is inexpensive or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you …

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  • 40lorry — [19] The first record we have of the word lorry is from the northwest of England in the early 1830s, when it denoted a ‘low wagon’ (it was often used for railway wagons). The modern application to a motor vehicle emerged at the beginning of the… …

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