trunkful
noun
the amount that a trunk will hold.
trunkfuls
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pluralof trunkful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Art Van Geloof That old joke about the man who liked pancakes so much he collected trunkfuls of them wouldn't coax a chuckle from Cecil Heidelberger.
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
