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lor⋅ry

  [lawr-ee, lor-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. Chiefly British. a motor truck, esp. a large one.
2. any of various conveyances running on rails, as for transporting material in a mine or factory.
3. a long, low, horse-drawn wagon without sides.
Origin:
1830–40; akin to dial. lurry to pull, drag, lug
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lor·ry   (lôr'ē, lŏr'ē)   
n.   pl. lor·ries Chiefly British
A motor truck.

[Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

lorry 
"A truck, a long, flat wagon," 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry "to pull, tug," of uncertain origin. Meaning "large motor vehicle for carrying goods" is first attested 1911.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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