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lurry en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Of obscure origin. See lorry.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lorry (“type of cart”).
   alt of lorry

Forms

Deriveds

lurryman

Relateds

lorry

lurry en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Of obscure origin. See lorry.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To lug or pull about.

Forms

lurry en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (transitive) To daub; dirty.

Forms

lurry en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Shortened form of liripipe.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.
   • to turn prayer into a kind of lurry 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
   • How durſt you Rogues take the opinion / To vapor here in my Dominion, / Without my leave, and make a lurry, / That men cannot be quiet for ye! 1664, Charles Cotton, Scarronides:

Forms

lurry en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Shortened form of liripipe.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To hurry carelessly.

Forms