Citations:lorry

English citations of lorry

Etymology

There is currently no evidence for the following: "Perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian lurja, lorja, lerja (“wet, shapeless lump”), Norwegian lura (“cow-dung”), see lurt. Perhaps of Latin origin, related to French lourd (“heavy”)."

Verb

lorry (third-person singular simple present lorries, present participle lorrying, simple past and past participle lorried)

1. (transitive) To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

   There is currently no evidence for this sense.