chuck-full
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Store windows were chuck-full of cameras, Meissen china, English woolens.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is Istanbul's famed Hotel Pera Palace, chuck-full of faded tapestries and the queerest collection of Victorian rocking chairs, settees and oversize bathroom fixtures this side of Bombay.
From Time Magazine Archive
The storeroom's chuck-full; and it was only a few days ago I said to David it was time we set about getting them off.
From With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Its chuck-full of silver birch trees, and there ain’t no better kindlin’ than birch bark.”
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
"Because," Billy's mouth was full of that silken gown; "because you and me is so plum chuck-full of happiness we're nigh to busting."
From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
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