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larryman

larryman is the obsolete spelling of lorryman.

Meaning of lorryman

Noun

lorryman (plural lorrymen)

  1. A man or (broadly) any person employed to operate a lorry (cart or wagon for transporting coke etc.).
    • He next secured an entrance amongst the goods porters of the London and North-Western Railway; and now the work promised so to grow on his hands, that the Committee of the City Mission set him apart for this special line of labour, and gave him a commission to open similar services wherever a...1865, “Half-hour services in Lancashire; or, how to get at the people”, in The Sunday Magazine, page 559

Forms of larryman

plurallarrymen

Questions about larryman

What is larryman the obsolete spelling of?
Larryman is the obsolete spelling of lorryman.

Words near larryman in the dictionary

  1. Larry Bunder
  2. Larry Dooley
  3. Larry Stylinson
  4. larrykin
  5. larrykins
  6. larryman
  7. larrymen
  8. lars
  9. Larsa
  10. Larsadie
  11. Larsdotter

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