lorry
(Britain, Ireland, Indic, India, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck.
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Woman & child taken to hospital after horror Donegal crash between car & lorry
What does max 320kWh mean? Are they trying to bully lorry drivers? 🤔
Small would like to show you their daisy flower. New work coming 16th May even if we are in the back of a removal lorry, we’ll make it work!
A UK-based Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) lorry driver has revealed how much he earns after tax
Can there be a more incompetent agency than #NationalHighways? How can you leave a major motorway like the M5 closed for over 14 hours and counting to deal with a single lorry incident? Over six hours so far stuck on…
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(Britain, Ireland, Indic, India, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck.
The most frequent age for starting in the actual occupation of lorry driving is 17 years. Trampers tend to start later, the mode amongst them being 19 years. The mean average age for beginning in lorry driving in the sample is between 21…
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(road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
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(dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
The plantain lorry caught up with them in a blind curve. Jeff caught a glimpse of the driver's face in the mirror as he fought to swing the old truck out around the car. At that moment Jeff heard the sound of the horn of a vehicle coming…
“Woman & child taken to hospital after horror Donegal crash between car & lorry”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What does max 320kWh mean? Are they trying to bully lorry drivers? 🤔”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Small would like to show you their daisy flower. New work coming 16th May even if we are in the back of a removal lorry, we’ll make it work!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A UK-based Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) lorry driver has revealed how much he earns after tax”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can there be a more incompetent agency than #NationalHighways? How can you leave a major motorway like the M5 closed for over 14 hours and counting to deal with a single lorry incident? Over six hours so far stuck on a 5 mile stretch of road because of their uselessness.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- lorry driver77%
(British, Ireland, India, Pakistan) A person employed to drive a lorry (truck).
- breakdown lorry73%
British English for a tow truck — the heavy vehicle that comes to rescue your broken-down car and haul it to the nearest garage. In the UK, 'lorry' is the standard word for a large truck, and a 'breakdown lorry' is specifically the one equipped with a crane, winch, or flatbed for recovering stricken vehicles. If you've ever been stranded on the motorway, the breakdown lorry arriving feels like the most beautiful sight in the world.
- lorryload73%
(UK) As much as a lorry can hold; a truckload.