gritter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Scottish gritter and snowplough fleet is out in force across the nation's road network - with names like Sir Andy Flurry, Robert Brrrns, and Plougher O'Scotland.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
The department also advised that the Castlewellan-Kilkeel route needed to be retreated due to a broken-down gritter and rain wash-off.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show presenter was told on air that Hertfordshire County Council's highways team had named a gritter, "Snowy Ball".
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023
However, Ms Simpson said some patches of motorway were completely clear and they had passed one gritter and some tractors going to help stuck cars.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023
The corn he shelled on a gritter, and ground in a handmill, or pounded in a wooden mortar with a wooden pestle, or carried on horseback to some mill perhaps fifteen miles away.
From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
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