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living-roomful en · NOUN

Etymology

From living room + -ful.

Meanings

1. Enough to fill a living room.
   • A husky boy who looks older than his years, he is acutely aware that his three older brothers, by the time they had reached his age, had already acquired a ten-gallon-hatful of prize money and a living-roomful of trophies in competitive racing. 1956 July 2, Albert Rosenfeld, “The Pikes Peak Boys”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 5, number 1, page 63:
   • Living-Roomful of Furniture with Kroehler Suite 1943 March 19, The Pittsburgh Press, volume 59, number 261, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 52:
   • Glamorous living roomfuls of furniture. . . 1979, Federal Trade Commission Decisions: Findings, Opinions, and Orders, July 1, 1978 to December 31, 1978, volume 92, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 956:
   • A light beam setting out to traverse one such cloud has to pass through so many living-roomfuls that it is virtually certain to bump into one of the motes of dust before journey’s end. 1993, David Allen, “What Lurks at the Centre of our Galaxy?”, in Patrick Moore, editor, 1994 Yearbook of Astronomy, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN, pages 126–127:

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