wagon-load

See also: wagon load and wagonload

English

Noun

wagon-load (plural wagon-loads)

  1. Alternative form of wagonload.
    • 1864 December 18, “A History of Suffering”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2025:
      On one occasion he saw wagon-loads of these unfortunate creatures brought from Andersonville to Columbia, (to which he had been removed,) and, as they were too weak to get out, the end of the wagon was taken up and they were "dumped out" on the court-yard.
    • 1981 March 7, Dan Lauck, “Pages of History, Volumes of Value”, in The Washington Post‎[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2017:
      What Benjamin found in those wagon-loads of papers was enough to get him started in business.
    • 2024 July 26, Karen Garcia, “Don’t feed the meter, save money and buy a parking permit at these LA and OC beaches”, in Los Angeles Times‎[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 July 2024:
      Then there are public and commercial lots and on-street parking farther from the waves, which, depending on how many wagon-loads of kids and gear you’re schlepping, may not be a viable option.=
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