carload
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate (carload rate ) lower than that charged for less than this weight.
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How to use carload in a sentence
For the most part, a carload of randy frat boys causes Metro Vice more headaches than the CES crowd.
Temptations of the Flesh in Sin City Are Nothing for 150,000 Nerds | John L. Smith | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe recalls calling a meeting when “American Gypsies were flooding in by the carload” to Milwaukee.
American Gypsies Are a Persecuted Minority That Is Starting to Fight Back | Nina Strochlic | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA carload of German tourists had been killed the week before; there was nothing to stop them.
I believe they are going to get hauled by the carload in November.
Then they dumped in carload after carload of rock and gravel; but the muskeg absorbed it and waited for more.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
She had a carload of groceries, and I helped her put them in the house.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyPaper could not be obtained for printing, and a carload of brown wrapping paper was used.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairOnly low-grade and long haul carload traffic can profitably be concentrated.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyNor can local business in less than carload lots profitably be concentrated beyond a certain point.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
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