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 Phaynix Park is all cram-full o' coal that the Castle folks won't allow us to dig, bad scran to them!
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
"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 Partridge, Edward Bellamy
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
It’s cram-full of business, and the situations are tremendous!”
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
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