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tipper

[′tip·ər]
(mining engineering)
An apparatus for emptying coal or ore cars by turning them upside down and then righting them, with a minimum of manual labor.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"A 67-year-old female pedestrian suffered serious injuries when a reversing tipper lorry was in collision with her.
Among the rubbish removed were some unusual items, including a tyre from a tipper lorry.
A MAN died and another was seriously injured in a crash involving a car and a small tipper lorry.
The robbers drove a yellow tipper lorry into the side of Bargain Booze on Wolverham Road, Ellesmere Port, in the early hours of yesterday.
The 25-year-old man from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, alerted police on a mobile phone while trying desperately not to let the Scania articulated tipper lorry veer out of control as it careered down the motorway at more than 70mph.
Two 18-year-olds were hit by the white transit tipper lorry at 3.30pm on the A426 near Tesco, in Rugby, and one is still in intensive care at University Hospital.
"I was of the opinion he was sleeping at the wheel or maybe drunk." Part-time driver Campbell, of Polmont, Stirlingshire, did not even have a proper licence to get behind the wheel of the bulk tipper lorry.
A YOUTH is to face magistrates in connection with a crash in which six teenagers had a lucky escape when the Vauxhall Corsa they were in collided with a cement tipper lorry.
A white and grey Leyland Daf tipper lorry was also used in the George Bayliss Road heist that happened at 10.40pm on October 13.
To compound his misery the Volvo tipper lorry was proudly displaying a Liverpool flag in the back of the cab.
He added: "Three cars, a tipper lorry and a bus had been hijacked and set on fire.
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