larry
noun
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
larry
1 American
[lar-ee]
/ ˈlær i /
noun
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larries
plural
larry
2
American
[lar-ee]
/ ˈlær i /
noun
-
larries
plural
Larry
3
American
[lar-ee]
/ ˈlær i /
noun
Larry
British
/ ˈlærɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of larry
First recorded in 1850–55; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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The theater foundation The Playwrights Sanctuary directed by St John's University's Dr larry Myers is helping with spirirtuality & onsite participation & empathy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Horror, larry cohen, populist, @gilbertcruz Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner A human gets pregnant by a vampire.
From Time ● Nov. 19, 2011
They receive a huge paycheck for very little work, and then cry when the going gets rough. — larry Brokers should do something to earn their inflated commissions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
A standard larry with a capacity of 8 tons, and the necessary scales for weighing accurately the coal charged and 290 coke produced, complete the equipment.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.
Foo loo larry, lo day' song of his all the way coming up from Levant.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman
Larry Aguilar, 27, a detainee at the Adelanto facility, said in a phone interview that he was the one to tell Parias about the creatures in the water coolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Pricing AI solutions on their outcomes could win over skeptical CIOs and ease worries about token costs, Constellation Insights editor in chief Larry Dignan wrote in a June note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thank you, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for bringing human knowledge to our fingertips, for “free.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The interest "reflects investors' overwhelmingly bullish sentiment toward China's flagship domestic memory chip firm", Larry Yang, chief economist of First Seafront Fund Management, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It took the combined strength of Larry, Shane, and Mr. Brown to keep Zac from running after Marcus.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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