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provinceful en · NOUN

Etymology

From province + -ful.

Meanings

1. the amount that a province can hold.
   • Munding governs a provinceful of Communists, he's the last of the free, though he doesn't know it. 2011, Jose Dalisay, In Flight: Two Novels of the Philippines, IPG, →ISBN, page 91:
   • Local boards overestimate options open to the Department of Education, a provincial leader says: There's a provinceful of auditors. 1995, Kenneth Leithwood, Effective School District Leadership: Transforming Politics into Education, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 171:
   • The cherry came from Persia, so they say, Well, Cyrus and his army here might stay A Week Or two, and with the birds dispute Their title to a provinceful of fruit. 1913, William Henry Taylor, Canadian Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, with a Medley of Reveries in Verse and Prose and Other Curios, page 26:

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