motor lorry

noun British.

Origin of motor lorry

First recorded in 1900–05

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For a whole fortnight I have lived, moved and had my being in a motor-lorry.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.
After some days I was taken in a motor-lorry to the Prize Court.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916
Karl Spindler
Moffat and Hogg, and we were lucky enough to get good lifts, first in a Canadian Staff car and then on a motor-lorry.
Q.6.a and Other places
Francis Buckley
So we decided to go and get breakfast at our billets and then to go to Amiens by motor-lorry, and catch the train there.
Q.6.a and Other places
Francis Buckley
After that, the talented Miss Cowley drove successively a trade delivery van, a motor-lorry and a general!
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie