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
See, who needs an honorary degree when you can have a gritter named after you?
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
Councils in England and Wales have stockpiled 1.4 million tonnes of salt to grit roads this winter, but many told the LGA they were struggling to recruit and retain gritter drivers.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2022
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 John Bach McMaster
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