What does pillowful mean?
Pillowful means Enough to fill a pillow..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Enough to fill a pillow..
Well, Mrs. Colonel’s Wife, there are some more white feathers for you to send. Indeed, now I come to think of it, you will need many pillowfuls.
If Mr Burley wants to be a miser, / Great, let the moneybags sway and clink for him, / Pay him a pillowful of best doubloons.
[…]to whirl like giant ceiling fans scattering pillowsful of atomic down;[…]
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Pillowful means Enough to fill a pillow..
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Well, Mrs. Colonel’s Wife, there are some more white feathers for you to send. Indeed, now I come to think of it, you will need many pillowfuls.
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