tramload
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tramload (plural tramloads)
- Enough to fill a tram.
- 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC:
- I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.