vanload
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vanload
First recorded in 1885–90; van 2 ( def. ) + load ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“I’d have a vanload of guys who had just got cut from the team,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, a "vanload" of officers arrived at the scene, with at least 20 officers seen at the site by a BBC London reporter by 07:30 BST.
From BBC
About an hour south of the border, the police chief in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, population 6,000, alerted state officials that the Border Patrol had dropped off a vanload of immigrants with just a few minutes notice at the community’s welcome center.
From Seattle Times
The first vanload of people arrived at the hotel around 10:15 a.m., lugging backpacks, tote bags and rolling luggage.
From Los Angeles Times
The buyers in the Kent bust, for example, likely paid at least a quarter-million dollars for their vanload of cats, Ernsdorff says.
From Seattle Times
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