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buttload

Noun

Meaning

(obsolete, UK, West Country) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.

(dated, Britain, Southern US, New England) A large amount carried in a butt.
We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.

(by extension, mildly vulgar, slang) Any large but unspecific amount.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Bubbles! Oh come on Sharon! I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of fucking Darkness. Evil! Evil! What's fucking evil about a buttload of fucking bubbles!? Ozzy Osbourne

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