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"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "sum"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "superflux"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "ton"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "trainload"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "truckload"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "tun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "vaultful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lot",
"word": "wagonload"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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59,
66
]
],
"text": "The smugglers thought they could get away with bringing an assload of heroin balloons on board the aircraft.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An amount carried up someone's ass."
],
"links": [
[
"ass",
"ass#Etymology_2"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:amount carried up someone_s ass"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buttload"
},
{
"word": "buttful"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæsloʊd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "weight carried by donkey",
"word": "xalvar"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "harvar",
"sense": "weight carried by donkey",
"word": "خروار"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xar-vâr",
"sense": "weight carried by donkey",
"word": "خروار"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xar-bâr",
"sense": "weight carried by donkey",
"word": "خربار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "weight carried by donkey",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciężar niesiony przez osła"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a large amount",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pierdyliard"
}
],
"word": "assload"
}
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