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bakeryful en · NOUN

Etymology

From bakery + -ful.

Meanings

1. A quantity that would be supplied by a bakery.
   • As executive officer of MIT (also his alma mater), Stratton has a finger in a whole bakeryful of pies. 1957, Electronics - Volume 30, page 10:
   • At Tastings, I did something I swore I’d never do again: eat yet another stuffed croissant. It’s one of a limited number of lunch offerings, and without qualifications one of the very best in bakeriesful of mediocrities I’ve tasted recently. 1984 June 14, Lelia Albrecht, “City Market has many good, casual places to dine”, in Roanoke Times & World-News, volume 16, number 166, Roanoke, Va., pages C—3:
   • Rina's resolve could stand firm against a bakeryful of muffins and a sea of marmalade—but against hot chocolate? 2014, Ruth Owen, Gambler's Daughter:
   • Inside the dark house, Billy bee-lined for the kitchen, where his grandmother would be putting the final touches on desk-size trays of lasagne, two-inch-thick pizza, veal parmagiana, and a bakeryful of pastries. 1974, Carolina Quarterly - Volumes 26-27, page 9:
   • And here, above all, is Miss Hugonin, utilising the vast power of money - which I am credibly informed is a very good thing to have, though I cannot pretend to speak from experience - and casting whole bakeryfuls of bread upon the waters of charity. 2006, James Branch Cabell, The Eagle's Shadow, page 44:

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