Paperful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paperful is a noun meaning Enough to fill a paper.
Meaning
Enough to fill a paper.
Example Sentences
The parent had put pins by papersful, / Till she was like a frightful porcupine;[…]
Yvonne scooped up two more paperfuls of flour by the time he returned with her broom and dustpan.
At various drugstores in such places as Purdy’s, Golden’s Bridge, Brewster, Croton Falls, Katonah and Mount Kisco, as well as Ridgefield, Scotts Corners, Pound Ridge and New Caanan, I bought about a ton of eye makeup, lipstick, powder, papersful of bobby pins, curlers (me! curlers!) and other tools for the conversion of Woman As Harper’s Bazaar Believes Her To Be.
Word Forms
- paperfuls
- papersful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include penful, reamful, sheetful, pondful, packetful, millful.
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