cram-full

American  

[kram-fool] / ˈkræmˈfʊl /

adjective

1. as full as possible; chockfull.

   a box cram-full with toys.

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cram-full British  

adjective

1. stuffed full

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Etymology

Origin of cram-full

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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 Fuller, Anna

You know, the house is cram-full of men-servants and there are to be a dozen of them on duty in the grounds.

From Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by Grefé, Will

Why all this profuse vegetation and the anomaly of tempting fruits and nuts cram-full of meat and yet no real food—that is, food for man?

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)