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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 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

You sauté an armload of onions until they relent into savory, soothing mush.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

Taken in full, the book allows readers to consider an alternative to popular accommodations that entail pushing door-code buttons before entering a solo space with an armload of groceries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

After a minute, Denna came over with an armload of dry wood.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss