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  • noun Sackful.

Etymologies

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sack +‎ load

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Examples

  • They were such a sackload of trouble, and really, what had I gotten for it?

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • They were such a sackload of trouble, and really, what had I gotten for it?

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • And finally, as a neat little irony, a book that will trouser its author an enormous sackload of dosh, not because it is beautifully written and at times exquisitely argued, but because it is about that thing which the author believes must be banished — God.

    A man who believes in Darwin as fervently as he hates God 2006

  • Now, that has to be better than delving into a sackload of mail to pick a winner doesn't it?

    Archive 2005-12-01 Helen Keegan 2005

  • Now, that has to be better than delving into a sackload of mail to pick a winner doesn't it?

    'Text and win' or 'text and lose'? Helen Keegan 2005

  • Like any human being, the Carmine of that day had had a sackload of mundane troubles, which to him seemed very serious and immediate, though today I could scarcely remember them.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

  • John received hate mail by the sackload, although he also had plenty of letters agreeing with him or offering support.

    John Lennon, Cynthia 2005

  • He'd settle down to go through the fan mail, which by then had piled up by the sackload.

    John Lennon, Cynthia 2005

  • I & nbspshould have a sackload of concern and compassion but instead I was highly irritated by him.

    sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002

  • Liquid fertilizer is made by immersing a sackload of fresh animal manure in a drum of water and allowing it to ferment.

    Chapter 4 1993

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