shopful

[ shop-fool ]

noun

, plural shop·fuls.

1. the contents of a shop.
2. a quantity sufficient to fill a shop.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopful¹

First recorded in 1630–40; shop + -ful

Example Sentences

If a cannon had been fired close to her ear, or a shopful of glass had been broken, she could not have been more alarmed.

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Big lumps of solid gold, what'll buy a whole shopful of toys, and tons of best London mixture and marzipan.

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It was like you, Ben, when you did remember, to bring me the whole shopful.

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Much of the gentle wisdom which her father preached to the little shopful of listeners Yetta did not fully understand.

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Nor did she mean to voice her wishes before a shopful of people who might consider them ambiguous.

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