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boatload
has definitions from the field of nautical
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[ noun ] (nautical) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
Examples "he imported wine by the boatload" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)When McFeeley was halfway to the door , the proprietor emerged - a mountainous , dark man , his head thick_with resiny black hair , his eyes like two of the black_olives he imported in boatloads . Related terms |
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