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noun British.a motor truck, especially one with open sides. Origin of motor lorryFirst recorded in 1900–05 Words nearby motor lorrymotoric, motor image, motoring, motorist, motorize, motor lorry, motorman, motor-minded, motor-mouth, motor nerve, motor neuron Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for motor lorryIn that mysterious quarter known as the back of the Front the motor-lorry is omnipresent, especially (p. 194) at a time like this. War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones. Moffat and Hogg, and we were lucky enough to get good lifts, first in a Canadian Staff car and then on a motor-lorry. Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley On arriving at the scene, there was the motor-lorry almost buried to the top of the wheels. 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories|Various After that, the talented Miss Cowley drove successively a trade delivery van, a motor-lorry and a general! The Secret Adversary|Agatha Christie
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