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butt load

butt load is the alternative form of buttload.

Meaning of buttload

Noun

buttload (plural buttloads)

  1. (UK, West-Country, obsolete) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
    • BUTT LOAD: about six seams.1796, William Marshall, “Provincialisms of West Devonshire”, in The Rural Economy of the West of England, volume 1, page 324
    Synonyms:
    buttful
  2. (New-England, Southern US, UK, dated) A large amount carried in a butt.
    • We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
  3. (broadly, mildly, slang, vulgar) Any large but unspecific amount.
    • You can collect a metric buttload of data about user activity on your site without too much effort.1999, Philip Greenspun, Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing, page 267

Forms of butt load

pluralbutt loads

Questions about butt load

What is butt load the alternative form of?
Butt load is the alternative form of buttload.

Words near butt load in the dictionary

  1. butt joint
  2. butt joints
  3. butt juice
  4. butt juices
  5. butt lift
  6. butt load
  7. butt loads
  8. butt lover
  9. butt lovers
  10. butt monkey
  11. butt monkeys

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