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motor lorry
noun
, British.
- a motor truck, especially one with open sides.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of motor lorry1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
I was wanted to take ten officers at once and to jump into a motor lorry, and go with a party of 30 others to the trenches.
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Added to these difficulties, a motor-lorry had stuck on the way up and blocked our transport for the night.
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After some days I was taken in a motor-lorry to the Prize Court.
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That day the Battalion went by motor lorry to billets in Péronne, where four days were spent.
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Now that is a sight you don't often see: a Diplomatique Corps being returned to store in a motor lorry.
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