Citations:lorry
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English citations of lorry
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
lorry (third-person singular simple present lorries, present participle lorrying, simple past and past participle lorried)
- (transitive) To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.
- There is currently no evidence for this sense.