Prisonful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prisonful is a noun meaning Enough to fill a prison.
Meaning
Enough to fill a prison.
Example Sentences
There have been prisonsful of similar dramas for Mrs. Peterson during her tours.
The officers, hoping to make their troops obey orders, massacred whole prisonfuls of captives.
They remind us that we carry the load of national debt like a feather-weight; keep armies of paupers in plenty and prisonfuls of prisoners in luxury, and can count upon an indefinite elasticity of revenue.
Word Forms
- prisonfuls
- prisonsful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jailful, tombful, cavernful, graveful, castleful, pillowful.
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