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steam lorries

steam lorries is the plural of steam lorry.

Meaning of steam lorry

Noun

steam lorry (plural steam lorries)

  1. (historical) Synonym of steam wagon.
    • An old locomotive and six obsolete coaches were bought from the then Southern Railway, re-lettered "United Coast Lines," and wrecked by being drawn into a steam lorry loaded with cement at Spains Crossing, near Herriard, on the now-abandoned Basingstoke-Alton line.1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90
    Synonyms:
    steam wagon

Questions about steam lorries

What is steam lorries the plural of?
Steam lorries is the plural of steam lorry.

Words near steam lorries in the dictionary

  1. steam jacks
  2. steam loco
  3. steam locomotive
  4. steam locomotives
  5. steam locos
  6. steam lorries
  7. steam lorry
  8. steam navvies
  9. steam navvy
  10. steam off
  11. steam organ

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