chuck-full

[ chuhk-fool ]

adjective

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How to use chuck-full in a sentence

  • Each of them was chuck full of that dubious sort of pride that has busted up more than one love-fiesta.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • The cuts made good wind-breaks, and whenever there was a norther they were chuck full of cattle.

    The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. Spearman
  • When it's so cold that the snow birds get chilblains they'll have the shelves chuck full of fly paper.

    The Woman-Haters | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Oh, day's chuck full, Gen'l. Hull cold chicken in dis yere one, an' bottle o' whisky in dis yere.

  • Their church is chuck-full of authority—all the way from the Pope down to the priest—and accordingly they do as they're told.

British Dictionary definitions for chuck-full

chuck-full

adjective
  1. a less common spelling of chock-full

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