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Dostaf 11:46 "Lurry is a Bowtonism - the Union - est., 1890 ... "
Ticky Pedant Time
WW: Old News - Friday, October 31, 1890
'Thos. Brown, 9, Fisher's-yard, Wallgate, and Thos. Charlson, Dorning-street, were summoned, the former for illtreating a horse by working it whilst in an unfit condition, and Mr. Charlson for causing it to be worked. - Inspector Brown, of the R.S.P.C.A., said about a quarter to twelve on the 18th inst., he was in Wallgate, and saw Brown in charge of a lurry laden with ...'
'Marriage: 2 Sep 1876 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England
John Hart - 22 Collier Bachelor of 54 Spring Gardens
Ann Wood - (X), 21 Weaver Spinster of 15 Bottom Croft (Hallgate)
Groom's Father: John Hart, Collier
Bride's Father: John Wood, (deceased), Lurry-driver'
From en.wiktionary.org - lurry:
Etymology 1 Of obscure origin. See lorry.
Verb
lurry (lurries, lurrying, lurried)
(transitive) To lug or pull about.
(transitive) To daub; dirty.
Noun
lurry (plural lurries) (obsolete)
A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.
To turn prayer into a kind of lurry. — Milton.
Verb
Lurry (lurries, lurrying, lurried)
(intransitive) To hurry carelessly.
I think you can safely say we have helped to make a lurry of your Marvelous Thread, Dostaf.
Replied: 20th Oct 2012 at 01:31