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n. - The quantity that a cart will hold.

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Usage examples (34)
  • These were first covered with a barrowful of earth and then with a heap of brushwood.
  • If it was in bad repair, Davis should see to it; a man with a barrowful of bricks and a shovelful of mortar should be sent down.
  • In winter and spring, up to the time of serving with the bull, they get an average barrowful of turnips amongst every three, and no more.
  • Kashet was more than ready for his midday meal, and climbed out of his wallow with eagerness when Vetch dumped the barrowful out on the stone verge.
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