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shopful

[ shop-fool ]

/ ˈʃɒp fʊl /

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noun, plural shop·fuls.

the contents of a shop.

a quantity sufficient to fill a shop.

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Origin of shopful

First recorded in 1630–40; shop + -ful

usage note for shopful

See -ful.

Words nearby shopful

shopbot, shopcraft, Shope, shopfitter, shop floor, shopful, shopgirl, shophar, shopkeeper, shoplift, shoplifter

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Example sentences from the Web for shopful

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.
The Animal Story Book|Various
Big lumps of solid gold, what'll buy a whole shopful of toys, and tons of best London mixture and marzipan.
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various
It was like you, Ben, when you did remember, to bring me the whole shopful.
The Romance of a Plain Man|Ellen Glasgow
Much of the gentle wisdom which her father preached to the little shopful of listeners Yetta did not fully understand.
Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards

Nor did she mean to voice her wishes before a shopful of people who might consider them ambiguous.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson

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