What does cabinful mean?
Cabinful means The amount that fits in a cabin..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The amount that fits in a cabin..
Nine people make a cabinful on a twentynine-footer!
"It's just that, of all our female counselors this year," Pamela was going on, "you really strike me as the one most capable of handling a cabinful of little boys. And you scored so well in your first aid and lifesaving courses — "
Then how do you like having a cabinful of gorillas on the deck above you?
While Fortescue Cuming could entertain a cabinful of young men with a violin in 1807, Frances Trollope noted that Cincinnatians organized formal balls for young people of quality twenty years later.
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Cabinful means The amount that fits in a cabin..
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Nine people make a cabinful on a twentynine-footer!
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