Jailful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jailful is a noun meaning Enough to fill a jail.
Meaning
Enough to fill a jail.
Example Sentences
You wouldn’t want a whole jailful of good Americans framed.
On the contrary, I served the civil government as loyally as I knew how, and broke down in health from working overtime, trying to properly dispose of overcrowded jailsful before people awaiting trial died.
The news of his approach struck terror into the hearts of the negroes, who immediately stopped preparing to massacre the whites, and in a few hours the only traces that could be found of the insurrection were several jailfuls of “ringleaders” arrested on suspicion, and swampfuls of followers who had run away to escape the vengeance of the whites.
Word Forms
- jailfuls
- jailsful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prisonful, castleful, tombful, graveful, lotful, cavernful.
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