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English

Verb

load down (third-person singular simple present loads down, present participle loading down, simple past and past participle loaded down)

  1. (transitive) To load heavily, with a significant burden.
    • 1936 December 22, “Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack”, in Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, volume CXLIII, number 83, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 9, column 6:
      The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.
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