motor lorry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor lorry
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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A motor lorry loaded with Green Police, followed by a limousine, made its way through Berlin to the Reichstag.
From Time Magazine Archive
Munnings retired, red-faced, returned presently with a motor lorry, demanded his own 15 can vases.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the flushed birds have been winged, a motor lorry will roll up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Copies of the leading dailies, going out by motor lorry and dugout canoe, eventually reach even the remotest regions�a much-needed unifying influence on Nigeria's mosaic of 250 tribes.
From Time Magazine Archive
In due course McTurtle found himself on the front seat of a motor lorry breasting the spurs of Mt.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. by Various
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