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truckload /ˈtrʌkləʊd /noun1A quantity of goods that can be transported in a truck: a truckload of chemicals...- These people were coming in with carloads, truckloads and horse-trailer loads.
- A truckload of plutonium waste has been hijacked on the waterfront.
- A truckload of troops was immediately sent to cordon off the area.
1.1 ( a truckload/truckloads of) informal A large quantity or number of something: the government had ploughed truckloads of money into this land...- The non-voting stock started at less than 30 per cent of the total almost 10 years ago but Rupert has been dumping his own holdings and issuing truckloads of new non-voting shares to fund an array of takeovers.
- The rest of the party had to avoid embarrassing its nominee with old-fashioned liberal slogans or intemperate attacks on the president, which it did with the help of truckloads of alcohol.
- That said, there aren't exactly truckloads of employment opportunities out there for girls who haven't yet hit 16.
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