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barrowload en · NOUN

Etymology

From barrow + load.

Meanings

1. The amount that fills a barrow.
   • Thousands of men wheeled millions of barrowloads of earth and rocks for hundreds of weeks—dumping, loading till solid ground was made on which the C.P.R. could found their dream. 1942, Emily Carr, “Grown Up”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
   • [...] the 9.7 is routed into one of the other platforms to leave Platform No. 8 clear for the "Mail" and save the station staff a hurried transfer of a dozen or more barrowloads of mailbags. 1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139:

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