What does cemeteryful mean?
Cemeteryful means (rare, humorous) As much as a cemetery would hold..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, humorous) As much as a cemetery would hold..
[Albert:] In my time a whole cemeteryful of constituents could sweep you into office.
Depend upon it, this place was built by a cemeteryful of old people, who, making a successful rise against death, have carried the place by assault, and, bringing their gravestones with them, have contrived to build the city, in which they are trying to look alive.
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Cemeteryful means (rare, humorous) As much as a cemetery would hold..
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[Albert:] In my time a whole cemeteryful of constituents could sweep you into office.
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