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buttload

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buttload noun

  1. A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
  2. A large amount carried in a butt.“We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.”
  3. (by extension, mildly) Any large but unspecific amount.

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