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shopful

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[shop-fool] / ˈʃɒp fʊl /

noun

shopfuls plural
  1. the contents of a shop.

  2. a quantity sufficient to fill a shop.


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See -ful.

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Etymology

Origin of shopful

First recorded in 1630–40; shop + -ful

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The jolt splintered the ice and sent glass-covered limbs clattering to earth like a shopful of shattering crystal.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The painter was so touched by this first complaint that he ordered a shopful of toys to be brought to the studio the following day.

From Strong as Death by Maupassant, Guy de

A shopful of jewelry could not compare to him.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Of the doctor so gentle, The other sick boys, And oh! a whole shopful Of beautiful toys!

From London Town by Crane, Thomas

I told her not to bother her head about it, that when we got to New York, or even to Cincinnati or Louisville, I would buy her a whole shopful of dresses.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

Trunks in every corner, enough to pack a house-full of things into, and silk dresses ... shopfuls of them!

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac

As a rule they are shopfuls of costly masterpieces such as any multi-millionaire may have if he doesn't prefer horses or monkey dinners.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon

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