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tramload

tramload noun: enough to fill a tram.

Noun

tramload (plural tramloads)

  1. Enough to fill a tram.
    • I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24

Forms of tramload

pluraltramloads

Origin of tramload

From tram + load.

Questions about tramload

What does tramload mean?
Tramload means enough to fill a tram.
What part of speech is tramload?
Tramload is a noun.
What is the plural of tramload?
The plural of tramload is tramloads.

Words near tramload in the dictionary

  1. tramless
  2. tramline
  3. tramlined
  4. tramlines
  5. tramlining
  6. tramload
  7. tramloads
  8. trammage
  9. tramman
  10. trammans
  11. trammed

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