buttload
buttload · buttloads
A large amount carried in a buttA large amount carried in a butt.
Meaning
3 senses(New England, Southern US, UK, dated)A large amount carried in a butt.
We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
(broadly, mildly, slang, vulgar)Any large but unspecific amount.
(UK, West Country, obsolete)A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
Origin
From butt + load. Butt in this context may be possibly one or both of:From butt + load. Butt in this context may be possibly one or both of:
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