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Boatload

//ˈbəʊtˌləʊd// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cargo or passengers that fill a boat.

    "a boatload of ferry passengers"

  2. 2
    the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car wordnet
  3. 3
    A large quantity. slang

    "He showed up an hour later with a whole boatload of hamburgers, chips, cookies, and assorted other munchies, not to mention sodas and beer, and we all fell in and stuffed ourselves silly."

Etymology

From boat + load. The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense.

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