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motor lorry

noun

, British.
  1. a motor truck, especially one with open sides.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of motor lorry1

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

I was wanted to take ten officers at once and to jump into a motor lorry, and go with a party of 30 others to the trenches.

Added to these difficulties, a motor-lorry had stuck on the way up and blocked our transport for the night.

After some days I was taken in a motor-lorry to the Prize Court.

That day the Battalion went by motor lorry to billets in Péronne, where four days were spent.

Now that is a sight you don't often see: a Diplomatique Corps being returned to store in a motor lorry.

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