waggonload

Boers say, "as clever as a waggonload of monkeys."

She and Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Now a dwarf, as a rule, can be taught to sing, dance, recite, and attitudinise, and is often, as the Yankee showman called his kangaroo, "an amoozin 'little cuss," and as full of tricks as a waggonload of monkeys with their tails burnt off.

Echoes of the Week 1865

When sold by the waggonload at the pit's mouth, and the purchaser brings victuals and drink for the colliers, the price of a waggonload was 10s. of house-fire coal, smith coal 6s. 6d., lime coal 4s.

The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846

He carries with him cooks, confectioners and laundresses, a waggonload of plate, a wardrobe of laced and embroidered suits, and much rich tent furniture, of which the patterns have been chosen by a committee of fine ladies.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

By the waggonload at the pit's mouth, house-fire coal 8s. 6d., smith coal 5s. 6d., lime coal 2s. 6d. "

The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846