Definitions
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- noun An amount of
goods shipped in acontainer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Aunt Sophie's family handles anger a little differently, preferring to manufacture it as the Chinese do high explosives, by the containerload.
Family Cap-and-Trade 2008
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As Burrow points out, there's a world of difference between seeing a zero on a certain stock number and knowing a containerload of that item is one day out of port.
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Semillon, Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from Down Under still sell by the containerload.
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Semillon, Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from Down Under still sell by the containerload.
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Semillon, Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from Down Under still sell by the containerload.
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Semillon, Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from Down Under still sell by the containerload.
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The accompanying olive oil, which has a slight, not unwelcome grassiness, arrives by the 40-foot containerload from his family's 10,000-tree farm in Krokees, south of Sparta.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID M. HALBFINGER 2010
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Semillon, Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from Down Under still sell by the containerload.
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This year the association produced its first containerload of coffee for the UK.
The Guardian World News Andrew Purvis 2009
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"When a place like Home Depot goes overseas and buys a containerload of tools, they go straight from the manufacturer to the store.
Chicago Reader 2010
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