LURRY

Proper noun

Lurry (plural Lurrys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lurry is the 26451st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 923 individuals. Lurry is most common among Black/African American (72.48%) and White (23.4%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Verb

lurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

(transitive) To lug or pull about.

(transitive) To daub; dirty.

Etymology 2

Noun

lurry (plural lurries)

(obsolete) A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.

Verb

lurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

(intransitive) To hurry carelessly.

Source: Wiktionary


Lur"ry, n. Etym: [W. llwry precipitant, a provision.]

Definition: A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds. [Obs.] To turn prayer into a kind of lurry. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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