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sleighful en · NOUN

Etymology

From sleigh + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as a sleigh will hold.
   • […] Santa (soon driving his sleighful / Of presents and candy dollies and toys / For good little animals, good girls and boys) 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher)
   • a sleighful of firewood
   • a sleighful of supplies
   • By the end of December I was the delighted recipient of a sleighful of iced sugar cookies, bottles of Champagne and tiny Christmas tree ornaments (the one shaped like a bird was a regift, but still adorable). 2007 January 18, Michelle Slatalla, “Rooting Around Grandma’s Basement in Cyberspace”, in New York Times:
   • An autobiography by Mr. Gilbert, who is, in case you’re too old to know, the man responsible for the Erector set, sleighsful of educational toys, and the recently adopted American Flyer model railroad. 1954 September 11, Whitney Balliett, “Just Published”, in Saturday Review, volume XXXVII, number 37, page 56:
   • a sleighful of toys

Forms

Coordinates

see at sleighload

Synonyms

sleighload