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1858 Harper's Mag. Aug. 417 What shall we say of..the halls of the Imperial library?..The familiar low sounds creep on your ear..the twirl of the little windlass as it brings down its book-loads from the vast regions above.

1870 Appleton's Jrnl. 31 Dec. 791/1 When an author has nearly finished his story, and finds a whole book-load of hale, hearty characters left on his hands, these little thunderstrokes of disease or disaster simplify matters wonderfully.

1907 Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 3/5 The heroine, who is the best of the book-load.

2009 T. Wright How to be Brilliant Teacher iv. 71 This is the pebble-dash approach to teaching. It has helped me to fail a number of examinations, though I had book-loads of notes.