cartful
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English cartful, cartfull, cartefull, equivalent to cart + -ful.
Noun edit
cartful (plural cartfuls or cartsful)
- As much as a cart will hold.
- Synonym: cartload
- 2007 March 25, Lawrence Ulrich, “G.M. Makes a Grand Entrance, at Last, to the Crossover Ball”, in New York Times[1]:
- My first trip was a shopping run to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where the Acadia swallowed a cartful of groceries without even folding the third-row seat.
Translations edit
as much as a cart will hold
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