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Definition of Boatloads
1. boatload [n] - See also: boatload
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boatloads
Literary usage of Boatloads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs, from Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and by Norman Barton Wood (1906)
"The Indians, on their part, pushed two more boats afloat and went in pursuit of
the fugitives, three boatloads of whom allowed themselves to be captured ..."
2. Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Several Matters by Great Britain Coal Commission, Coal Commission, George Douglas Campbell Argyll, Great Britain (1871)
"They might effect an entire saving of what they consume for producing steam,
whether it was 10 boatloads or 20, by employing the gas they ..."
3. Report of the Federal Trade Commission on the Grain Trade by United States Federal Trade Commission (1920)
"INSPECTION OF boatloads.—The above discussion covers inspection of bulk carload
shipments into or out of the market. When shipment is by boat the mechanics ..."
4. The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham by Basil Williams (1914)
"Two deserters told him that some boatloads of provisions for Quebec were coming
... 2 When the leading boatloads had been disembarked at the Anse du Foulon, ..."
5. My Life in China and America by Wing Yung, Joseph Hopkins Twichell (1909)
"In less than two weeks we sent down to Wuhu, escorted by Europeans and tea-men,
the first installment, consisting of fifteen boatloads of tea to be ..."
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