cram-full
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cram-full
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Two U.S. passenger-cargo ships, cram-full of servicemen, war stuffs and civilians on war missions, started eastward across the Atlantic in early February.
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The station platform was cram-full as we drew up, and it was clear at once that all the carriages in the train would be besieged, without regard to class.
From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
It has everything the other one had, and a lot more, because it'll be cram-full of supplies to be used in case of a general blitz that would knock out everything on the planet.
From The Cosmic Computer by Piper, H. Beam
The Phaynix Park is all cram-full o' coal that the Castle folks won't allow us to dig, bad scran to them!
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
But I've been a-workin' some sums about different kinds of cans—I learned how from Phipps, this afternoon—he's been to college, an' his head's cram-full of sech puzzlin' things.
From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John
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