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shopful

American  
[shop-fool] / ˈʃɒp fʊl /

noun

plural

shopfuls
  1. the contents of a shop.

  2. a quantity sufficient to fill a shop.


Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of shopful

First recorded in 1630–40; shop + -ful

Example Sentences

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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

Better than a shopful of toys they were to me!

From Authors and Friends by Fields, Annie

"Only don't blame me, my good Candace," said Grandpapa, laughing, whom the uproar had drawn out of his writing room, "if that monkey eats up all your shopful."

From Ben Pepper by Sidney, Margaret

I'm a British sailor, Sir; I come to your God-forsaken parish on a Government job, and I happen on a whole shopful of ancient remains.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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