trunkful
Americannoun
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the amount that a trunk will hold.
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Informal. a full or abundant supply.
a trunkful of hopes.
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When asked about that, Richard Sherman was philosophical, touching and jokey all at the same time — much like the trunkful of songs he wrote with his brother.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
In the parking lot at the Walmart Supercenter in Pico Rivera on Sunday morning, David Llamas maintained a wide-angle vigilance as he prepared to hit the road with a trunkful of Dodgers souvenirs to hawk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
It is easier to carry around a half-dozen eggs than a trunkful of banknotes.
From Economist ● Jul. 19, 2018
He kept a trunkful of books on seafaring and, during brief visits home to Pennsylvania, where his family lived, he sat on the porch and taught his children to navigate by the stars.
From The New Yorker ● May 28, 2016
When we got back to the hall, she announced, “Forty-two windows and a fireplace in every room. The windows must have cost a trunkful of gold KJs.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
She had married a lord, accumulated trunkfuls of clothes and an address book of glamorous friends.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2017
“Young professionals whose moving trucks keep pulling up to curbs in Bushwick and Astoria carry with them trunkfuls of guilt.”
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2014
Japan's Big Three--Toyota, Nissan and Honda--drove away from the U.S. with trunkfuls of dollars as they con- centrated sales on , their more expensive models, where the big profits are made.
From Time Magazine Archive
And she had trunkfuls of old jewelry and dresses of the style which she wore when she danced with Edward VII when he visited the U. S. as Prince of Wales.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were required to embroider and I had trunkfuls of colorful dishtowels, pillowcases, runners and handkerchiefs to my credit.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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