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- noun A very
large amount of somethingvaluable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Massive wine scam hits $10m mark with fith raid this week in Sydney LEADING Australian wineries are among dozens of suppliers stung in an alleged $10 million scam, with police uncovering a "motherload" of fraudulently-obtained wine.
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Massive wine scam hits $10m mark with fifth raid this week in Sydney LEADING Australian wineries are among dozens of suppliers stung in an alleged $10 million scam, with police uncovering a "motherload" of fraudulently-obtained wine.
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And then the motherload came into town - the San Francisco 49er football organization.
Gil Laroya: Santa Clara - A Bigger Bell, California Gil Laroya 2010
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One turkey season in the late 90's I found a motherload.
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And then the motherload came into town - the San Francisco 49er football organization.
Gil Laroya: Santa Clara - A Bigger Bell, California Gil Laroya 2010
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I roped my husband and son into a weekend trip and we carted back the motherload.
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Here's a massive boatload of covers from vintage Soviet tech magazines -- most of these came from valiant Twitterers (@billnagel, @kwispel, @vr_quarksoup, @houbi) who responded to my call for the originating URL for an unattributed gallery of covers I found on another site, filling my cup to overflowing with a motherload of sovfuturkitsch that I'll be wallowing in for days.
Boing Boing 2009
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One turkey season in the late 90's I found a motherload.
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Gelato lovers prepare yourselves for the motherload … Eater is reporting that Grom (the amazing Italian gelato chain with locations on the UWS and the Village) will be opening a branch on Broadway just south of Columbus Circle.
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I roped my husband and son into a weekend trip and we carted back the motherload.
ruzuzu commented on the word motherload
For the term originally used in mining, see mother lode.
For a good time, see laser tits.
March 3, 2011