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drawerful

American  
[drawr-fool] / ˈdrɔr fʊl /

noun

plural

drawerfuls
  1. an amount sufficient to fill a drawer.

    a drawerful of socks.


Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of drawerful

First recorded in 1820–30; drawer + -ful

Example Sentences

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“Planned obsolescence” is the name of the game in consumer electronics, but you don’t have to accept a drawerful of fraying headphone cords and power cables as your destiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Eddie shuffled through the big desk with the drawerful of important papers—birth certificates, insurance policies—and found a photograph of Millie that was taken just before their wedding.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019

Besides the risk of government deficits, M.M.T. throws out a drawerful of other venerable assumptions with Marie Kondo-esque ruthlessness.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

Happily, other corporate pilferings over the years meant I have a drawerful of good old-fashioned Sharpies.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2012

There were a few sticks of furniture, some daguerrotypes and silhouettes, and a drawerful of yellow papers.

From Hillsboro People by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield