trunkful

[ truhngk-fool ]

/ ˈtrʌŋk fʊl /

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noun, plural trunk·fuls.

the amount that a trunk will hold.

Informal. a full or abundant supply: a trunkful of hopes.

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Origin of trunkful

First recorded in 1700–10; trunk + -ful

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Also he had built himself a rustic table, and unpacked a trunkful of blankets and dishes and writing-pads and books.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Well go shopping to-morrow morning bright and early, and get a trunkful of new clothes.
Aunt Crete's Emancipation|Grace Livingston Hill
He now started for home in earnest, by way of Paris, with what a contemporary calls "a trunkful of medals."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard
Hes got a trunkful of itwothless stuff, of coursethat he carries with him everywhere.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile

Anyhow, she had all kinds of unnecessary fixings along, that trunkful of stuff in the lot.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair