skip lorry

noun

A commercial vehicle, fitted with a hydraulic hoist, which delivers skips (for rubble, waste and general rubbish) to customers, and collects them once they have been filled for emptying at a landfill site.

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Meanings

nounskip lorry (plural skip lorries)

plural skip lorries

  1. UKA commercial vehicle, fitted with a hydraulic hoist, which delivers skips (for rubble, waste and general rubbish) to customers, and collects them once they have been filled for emptying at a landfill site.
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