salonful en · NOUN
Etymology
From salon + -ful.
Meanings
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Enough to fill a salon.
To her salonful of male intellectuals and artists, she used to say: "With the majority of women whom we see and receive, it is not possible to have a sensible discourse."
1963, Sister Mary Estelle, Nuptials without love, page 108:A whole salonful of artographers!
1988, Ted Orland, Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity:An all-round terrific lady: sweet, compassionate, busty, pert-nosed, prone to floods of sudden tears, a lover of mini-skirts and tall leather boots and snug sweaters, which you somehow wore with total innocence, a worrier, a sweet ruminator by windows. a girl possessed of incredibly long. elegant eyelashes. and of course more flawlessly managed hair than a salonful of average girls could ever grow.
2008, Christopher Goffard, Snitch Jacket, page 74:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| salonfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |