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pantryful en · NOUN

Etymology

From pantry + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as a pantry will hold.
   • Winn and Brown, launched into radio’s big time, earned pantriesful of awards. 1984 September 24, Bernice Kanner, “On Madison Avenue: Boy Meets Girl”, in New York, volume 17, number 38, page 36:
   • On this island they found a single house neatly fitted and furnished and provided with pantriesful and gardensful of good things to eat and conveniences all the way from “bakin’ pewder” to Dutch ovens. 1899 September 22, “A Real Ginger Jar. The Quiet Scheme of the City Librarian. Stockton’s Part in It. No One Need Let His Conscience Worry Him in the Library--The Work of a Story.”, in The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa, page 3:
   • Nothing else will account for this new book of Sister Anne’s which is a duplicate of Brother Dillwyn’s with just a few more hamperfuls of old-time clothes strewn in, a few more pantryfuls of homemade soups, salads, desserts, cakes, cookies and whipped cream. 1927 January 10, “Sister Anne”, in Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, volume IX, number 2, page 37:

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