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lorry
lor·ry L0254000 (lôr′ē, lŏr′ē)n. pl. lor·ries Chiefly British A motor truck.
[Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul.]lorry (ˈlɒrɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Automotive Engineering) a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform. US and Canadian name: truck See also articulated vehicle2. off the back of a lorry informal Brit a phrase used humorously to imply that something has been dishonestly acquired: it fell off the back of a lorry. 3. (Automotive Engineering) any of various vehicles with a flat load-carrying surface, esp one designed to run on rails[C19: perhaps related to northern English dialect lurry to pull, tug]lor•ry (ˈlɔr i, ˈlɒr i)
n., pl. -ries. Chiefly Brit. a large motor truck. [1830–40; orig. uncertain] lorry truck">truck1. 'lorry'In British English, a lorry is a large vehicle used for transporting goods by road. The lorries were carrying 42 tonnes of sand.2. 'truck'In American English, a vehicle like this is called a truck. In British English, small open lorries are sometimes called trucks. A blue truck drove up and delivered some boxes.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | lorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sideswaggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | | 2. |  lorry - a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sidescamionmotortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
lorrynoun truck, van, juggernaut, HGV, heavy-goods vehicle, bakkie (S. African) a seven-ton lorryTranslationslorry (ˈlori) noun (American truck) a motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads. He has a licence to drive a lorry; a coal-lorry. (英)卡車 卡车ˈlorry-driver noun 卡車司機 卡车司机lorry
fall off the back of a lorryOf goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for. Primarily heard in UK. Danny says he has several laptops and smartphones he wants to sell for cheap—sounds like they fell off the back of a lorry to me.See also: back, fall, lorry, of, offoff the back of a lorryLikely by illegal or dubious means. Said of the way something has been gotten. The American equivalent is "off the back of a truck." Primarily heard in UK. A: "Jake's been peddling a bunch of flat screens for a great price." A: "He probably got them off the back of a lorry. I wouldn't go for them, if I were you." Danny says he has several laptops and smartphones he wants to sell for cheap—sounds like they fell off the back of a lorry to me.See also: back, lorry, of, offfall off a lorryOf goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for. "Lorry" is a chiefly British term for a truck. Primarily heard in UK. Danny says he has several laptops and phones he wants to sell for cheap—sounds like they fell off a lorry to me.See also: fall, lorry, offfall off the back of a lorry BRITISH, INFORMALIf you say that goods have fallen off the back of a lorry, you mean that they are stolen goods. We bought some really excellent wine from a woman who clearly caught the bottles as they fell off the back of a lorry. Note: You can also say that you got or bought something off the back of a lorry. Pete once bought the boys a bicycle cheap off the back of a lorry.See also: back, fall, lorry, of, offfall off (the back of) a lorry (of goods) be acquired in illegal or unspecified circumstances. The traditional bogus excuse given to the police by someone caught in possession of stolen goods was that the items in question had ‘fallen off the back of a lorry’. 1991 Time Out People buy so much stolen stuff that…you can…buy a video in Dixons and take it round the corner to a pub, say it fell off the back of a lorry and get 50 quid more than it cost you. See also: fall, lorry, offoff the ˌback of a ˈlorry (British English, informal, humorous) goods that fell off the back of a lorry were probably stolen. People say or accept that they came ‘off the back of a lorry’ to avoid saying or asking where they really came from: Where did you get a new DVD player at a price like that? Off the back of a lorry?See also: back, lorry, of, offlorry
lorry1. a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform 2. any of various vehicles with a flat load-carrying surface, esp one designed to run on rails lorry[′lȯr·ē] (mining engineering) larry lorry
Synonyms for lorrynoun truckSynonyms- truck
- van
- juggernaut
- HGV
- heavy-goods vehicle
- bakkie
Synonyms for lorrynoun a large low horse-drawn wagon without sidesRelated Wordsnoun a large truck designed to carry heavy loadsSynonymsRelated Words |