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Definition of "lurry" [lur•ry]

  • To lug or pull about. (verb)
  • To daub; dirty. (verb)
  • A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds. (noun)
  • To hurry carelessly. (verb)

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Use "lurry" in a sentence
  • "And after a very great deal of talk -- almost as much as Mr. Miles's carrying had needed -- the altar stone was lifted, Quentin, curtains, awning and all, and carried along a gangway to the shore, and there it was put on a sort of cart, more like what people in Manchester call a lurry than anything else I can think of."
  • "I lurry, still clutching the telescope and trainers, jumped the last lew stairs and followed Dumbledore, who had settled himself in i he armchair nearest the fire and was taking in the surroundings wilh an expression of benign interest."
  • "A Jacobean writer speaks of “the lurry of lawyers,” and “a lurry and rabble of poor friars.”"