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barload

noun

Etymology

From bar + load.

  1. derived from *leyt-✻
  2. inherited from *laidō✻
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. compounded as barload — “bar + load”

Definitions

  1. Enough to fill a bar (drinking establishment).

    • I'd drunk at least a barload of rum and three kegs of whisky between my last love and this arrow shaft.
    • He drops Merkel off at his Land Cruiser, waits to make sure he gets away without a barload of angry whites kicking the shit out of him and then drives me back to the bank mess.

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