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steam lorry

steam lorry noun: synonym of steam wagon.

steam lorry: synonym of steam wagon
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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

Synonyms of steam lorry

Forms of steam lorry

pluralsteam lorries

Questions about steam lorry

What does steam lorry mean?
Steam lorry means synonym of steam wagon.
What part of speech is steam lorry?
Steam lorry is a noun.
What is the plural of steam lorry?
The plural of steam lorry is steam lorries.

Words near steam lorry in the dictionary

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

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