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cabinful en · NOUN

Etymology

From cabin + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that fits in a cabin.
   • Nine people make a cabinful on a twentynine-footer! 1991, John Caldwell, Desperate Voyage, →ISBN, page 156:
   • While Fortescue Cuming could entertain a cabinful of young men with a violin in 1807, Frances Trollope noted that Cincinnatians organized formal balls for young people of quality twenty years later. 2015, Emily Foster, The Ohio Frontier: An Anthology of Early Writings, →ISBN, page 139:
   • Then how do you like having a cabinful of gorillas on the deck above you? 2012, Jack Lasenby, Aunt Effie's Ark, →ISBN:
   • "It's just that, of all our female counselors this year," Pamela was going on, "you really strike me as the one most capable of handling a cabinful of little boys. And you scored so well in your first aid and lifesaving courses — " 2004, Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot, Code Name Cassandra, →ISBN, page 14:

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