assload

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Etymology

From ass +‎ load.

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Noun

assload (plural assloads)

  1. An amount carried by an ass or donkey.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 435:
      In agreement with Sultan Wais of Sawad there was laid on the Kahraj people an impost of four thousand assloads of rice for the use of the army, and he himself was sent to collect it.
  2. (slang, vulgar, US) A large amount.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
    • 2006, Leon Higgins, He She Black Widow‎[1], →ISBN, page 192:
      I done made you a assload of money. You know fuckin' well, nobody else in this city could move as much 'caine as the Diablos.
    • 2007, James V McKnight, Jammer‎[2], →ISBN, page 78:
      I'm due an assload of credits and I'll die before I can get 'em! Who do I talk to?

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