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off the back of a lorry
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off the back of a lorry  (British humorous) also off the back of a truck (Australian humorous)
if you say that you got something off the back of a lorry, you mean that it was probably stolen I don't know where he gets this stuff - probably off the back of a lorry. There's a new stereo too which, I suspect, fell off the back of a lorry.
See also: back


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ON 12 Nov 2003 a lorry loaded with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber blasted the Nasiriyah outpost of the Italian contingent in Iraq.
In addition, future retirees are expected to have more active lifestyles, said Lorry J.
Business Wire was founded in 1961 by Chairman Lorry I.
 
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