Etymology
Origin of trainload
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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
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
They hang next to a vitrine featuring significant books that arrived by the trainload in San Marino that year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
A stillness settled around her, damp and chill, and Tally imagined again the trainload of dead Rusties buried among the stones.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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