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Etymology
Origin of shelfful
Example Sentences
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The volume was the first in a shelfful of books about Paddington’s adventures and misadventures that sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2017
More checkerboards than a shelfful of Purina boxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
SoftBook says it will launch the new model with a shelfful of titles at 25% to 50% off.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 44, Billy Joel has some lovely hardware: platinum albums and a shelfful of Grammys.
From Time Magazine Archive
The overseas calls were killing me, so I invested in an atlas and a shelfful of almanacs and reference books.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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