larry
noun
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
larry
1 American
[lar-ee]
/ ˈlær i /
noun
-
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
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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
Really I don’t know whether I be upon my head or my heels, and my brain is all in a spin, wi’ being rafted up in such a larry!’
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
That wer all a part of the larry!
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
“That’s why private equity likes this, because they can change the deal on the consumer,” Larry Rybka, chief executive of Valmark Financial Group, told the Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
“As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it til now.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
NBC was wary of Larry David, who had a reputation as a “loose cannon and control freak.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
His early gallerist, Larry Gagosian, promoted him as the L.A. counterpart to art-world superstars Jean-Michel Basquiat and David Salle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Larry laughed and said, “It went all right for me, but Old Henry here, he didn’t do so good. He got bucked off everything he got on.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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