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lorryload /ˈlɒrɪləʊd /noun British1An amount of something that can be carried in one lorry: they took away two lorryloads of rubbish...- The Ross Club is saving up for a lorryload of gravel to dump on Deep Dean.
- On Saturday supporters gathered at the appeal depot in Melksham to wave off another lorryload of shoeboxes bound for eastern Europe.
- It could provide a land bridge over which humanitarian aid could be brought in from neighbouring Uzbekistan by the lorryload.
1.1 ( a lorryload/lorryloads of) informal A large quantity or number of something: lorryloads of books have been written on the subject of leadership...- Here I sit, with a lorryload of rage and nowhere to dump it.
- There's no shortage of advice for would-be business leaders; lorryloads of books have been written on the subject of leadership in all its forms.
- Many people like me spent the Christmas holidays returning lorry-loads of goods we had never ordered.
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