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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Not only is my eye by very much the shortest road to my heart, but, like all other short roads, it is cram-full of all kinds of traffic when my ear stands altogether empty.
From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte
"The kids have got two sheds back of the Gibson Block jus' cram-full of boxes and barrels—" "Yes, but there ain't go'n'ta be no bells rung!" was Gizzard's discouraging interjection.
From Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge
Then, just as they begin to give out, you’ll have got to be a mining engineer, with your pockets cram-full of money, and you’ll have to support me for the rest of my life.
From A Bookful of Girls by Anna Fuller
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