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riverful en · NOUN

Etymology

From river + -ful.

Meanings

1. as much as a river would hold.
   • The other peom in Figure 22 reads: A little water, some little hills, a thousand drops of ink; A hillock, a valley, a riverful of smoke. In my old age, my brush tip has turned blunt and it needs utter freedom; 1962, Wen Fong, The Problem of Forgeries in Chinese Painting, page 116:
   • Well—perhaps not a riverful, but it's easy to tell which of them are. 1931, Motor Boating, page 2:
   • "You've got a riverful of troubles, haven't you, John?" 1966, Anthony Tuttle, This Time in Twilight, page 148:

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