bellyload

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The amount that will fit in one's belly.

   • “I done cooked most of this yer grub,” whined he of the razor, “an’ I’se gwine t’eat my belly-load.”
   • I was sick; I vomited a bellyload into the gutter.
2. 2

   The amount or number that will fit inside an aircraft.

   • The plane was in labor carrying a belly-load of bombs.
   • […] there on the plane, a belly-load of decent people soaring above serene tooth-drawn Windsor Castle, home of the emblem of so much savagery […]
   • You were lifted out of your lives, disgorged in bellyloads by planes that lumbered in looking too heavy to fly.
3. 3

   A large amount or number (of something).

   • She caused a bellyload of trouble […]
   • […] you don’t make a bellyload of excuses for why you haven’t written more, better, faster, or funnier.

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