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buttloads

buttloads is the plural 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

Questions about buttloads

What is buttloads the plural of?
Buttloads is the plural of buttload.

Words near buttloads in the dictionary

  1. buttlift
  2. buttlifts
  3. buttlike
  4. buttling
  5. buttload
  6. buttloads
  7. buttlover
  8. buttlovers
  9. buttmad
  10. buttmunch
  11. buttmuncher

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