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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 would be tough to get it all to his car in one armload.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

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

On this Tuesday morning, here comes a man with an armload of pants professing love for his grandparents’ England.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2018

Nathan picked up the pieces by the armload, walked them over to the woodpile, and placed them neatly on top of one another.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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