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
Indeed, she often read dozens of books for a single piece, later couriering a trunkful of volumes, still carrying a whiff of cigarette smoke, to the New Yorker’s fact-checking department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
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
Over several weeks, she sat in the steamy city, poring over a trunkful of suspicious messages that no one else could crack.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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
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
She has read 20 years' worth of Blackwood's magazine to trace the sources of Charlotte's erudition and deciphered trunkfuls of childish scrawl to interpret her juvenilia.
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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