/ ˈlɒri; NAmE ˈlɔːri/ ( BrE ) noun
( pl. -ies ) (also truck NAmE , BrE ) a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road :
a lorry driver
Emergency food supplies were brought in by lorry .
a lorry load of frozen fish
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IDIOMS
see back noun
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: perhaps from the given name Laurie .