Etymology
Origin of trainload
Example Sentences
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Last week, Russia sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a trainload of 30 thoroughbred horses, opening the border with its neighbor for the first time in 2½ years.
From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2022
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2022
One crew member on a high-speed train has close contact with an infected person, and a trainload of passengers is sent to quarantine for mass testing.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2021
Plants that make feed for the cattle receive ingredients by the trainload.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020
At one end it eats millions of bushels of corn fed to it every day by the trainload.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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