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Noun: breakdown lorry
Usage: Brit
  1. A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
    - tow truck [N. Amer], tow car, wrecker [N. Amer]

Derived forms: breakdown lorries

Type of: lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], truck

Encyclopedia: Breakdown lorry