busload

English

Etymology

From bus +‎ load.

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Noun

busload (plural busloads)

  1. The amount that can fit on a bus.
    • 2009 May 19, “Taiwanese outpost reaps benefits of warming China ties”, in Terra Daily[1], AFP, archived from the original on 11 August 2014, Trade Wars‎[2]:
      In the Chinning township, two busloads of tourists from the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang swamp a shop selling knives recast from the remains of the shells fired onto the island by Chinese troops.
    • 2015, Sigmund Brouwer, Unleashed:
      Seattle was close enough to Vancouver that a busload of fans had made the journey []

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