lorryload
A British English term for a large quantity of something — literally the amount a lorry (truck) can carry, but used figuratively to mean a huge amount of anything.
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A British English term for a large quantity of something — literally the amount a lorry (truck) can carry, but used figuratively to mean a huge amount of anything. It's the British equivalent of saying 'a truckload' of something. You might get a lorryload of criticism, a lorryload of paperwork, or arrive at a party with a lorryload of snacks. It's vivid, practical, and very British in its use of 'lorry' rather than 'truck.'
She came back from the cash-and-carry with a lorryload of catering supplies for the charity event.
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(UK) As much as a lorry can hold; a truckload.
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