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
Oh, please, ma'am, 'tis this larry about Mr. Henchard.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
But the worst larry for me was that pheasant business at Yalbury Wood.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
David Ellison is the son of Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, who Forbes says has a net worth of more than $185 billion, making him the seventh richest person in the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
In recent months, she and other Meta executives have met with BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman and Jon Gray and Brookfield’s Chief Executive Bruce Flatt, according to people familiar with the meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
She came down off the porch and Larry got a big hug, all right.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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