cartload
Americannoun
noun
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the amount a cart can hold
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a quantity of rubble, ballast, etc, of between one quarter and one half of a cubic yard
Etymology
Origin of cartload
Example Sentences
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I have a cartload of stuff and I don’t want to use the self-checkout but I was forced to line up with all the people who only have one or two items.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022
Ruiz Gutierrez signed a small cross before adding a cartload of pineapple, apples, prunes, cinnamon and bananas to boil with the mezcal and said a blessing in Zapoteco.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2021
We watched as chief inspector Gereon Rath, holding on to his trilby hat, dashed down the stairs of a tenement block, elbowing everyone out of his way, including a cartload of chickens.
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2019
Palaces, gardens and holy places were ransacked, with treasures taken off by the cartload.
From New York Times • May 25, 2012
The loss had to be made good, as had also the theft, despite the presence of a chowkidar, of a cartload of bricks and the cart itself.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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