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armload

American  
[ahrm-lohd] / ˈɑrmˌloʊd /

noun

  1. Chiefly Midland U.S. armful.


Etymology

Origin of armload

arm 1 + load

Example Sentences

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It’s a perfect late-summer day, and Bill Massry’s carrying an armload of hoodies down the main drag of Lake George, New York, from one of his stores to another.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2024

It was after 11 p.m. by the time I made it back to my car, with an armload of advance reading copies to go over.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2023

It was late January 2007, two months after he had smashed into a Brooklyn sidewalk and broken his hip while carrying an armload of art, resulting in major surgery and an 11-day hospital stay.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2022

“How’s the catfish treating you?” a server asks me as she breezes by with an armload of food for another table.

From Washington Post Feb. 24, 2020

Shorty emerges, wrangling an armload of fur coats.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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