truckload

plural truckloads

1. The contents of a full truck or lorry.

   A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.

   1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A

   Synonyms: truckful

2. slangA large number.

   We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates.

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   Another meme shows an empty van. “Excellent news,” it reads. “The first truckload of your thoughts and prayers has just arrived.”

   2018 May 19, AJ Willimgham, “How ‘thoughts and prayers’ went from common condolence to cynical meme”, in CNN

   Synonyms: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload