trolleyful

plural trolleyfuls · plural trolleysful

1. As much as a trolley will hold.

   Ringleader, Sheila Laking (46), who allowed the women to take “trolleysful” of groceries through her checkout at discount prices was jailed.

   1987 May 30, “Housewives swindled store”, in Lincolnshire Echo

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   Children row around in rubber dinghies, self-importantly pointing out hero daddies; trolleysful of tinned curry sauce and six-packs of beer are transferred down hatches with a blithe disregard for deadweight.

   1984, Libby Purves, “At Millbay Dock”, in Libby Purves, Trevor Grove, editors, Single Handed: The Observer/Europe 1 Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 19

   Watch the great trolleysful of cat and dog food, cat litter, bird seed and hamster bedding wheeled through the check-outs each weekend if you doubt our animal-mania.

   1985 February 18, “Tell us about your animals”, in Birmingham Evening Mail, page 5