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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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LARRIE, n.2 Also laarrie, larry, laurie. Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. lorry. Comb. larry-horse (Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xvii.). [′lɑre, ′lǫre]Abd. 1887 Bon-Accord (4 June) 20:
Naething cood be deen till the larrie cam' at twal.Kcd. 1890 J. Kerr Reminisc. I. 59:
Tramcars an' lauries an' coaches to meet.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 13:
Fient a trap, boaggie, geeg, laarrie, caager's cairt or hurlie.Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 189:
Faerce motor cars an larries tü.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 8:
(Davie's
faither wis a larry driver an aince in an awfa nicht o blindrift an
hailsteens as big as fitbas he'd stukken jist ooto Knockandhu an taen an
ill-will at the place sinsyne: "No can do at Knockandhu," he aye said.) Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 53:
An Arctic larrie afore us jist raisse up like a feather an crashed doon the sheugh. Dundee 2003:
Ah hate the larries beltin doon the A9.
