buttload
Noun
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Noun
buttload (plural buttloads)
- (obsolete, UK, West Country) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
- (dated, British, Southern US, New England) A large amount carried in a butt.
- We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
- (by extension, mildly, vulgar, slang) Any large but unspecific amount.
- (unspecific amount) seeSynonyms en
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