thicketful en · NOUN
Etymology
From thicket + -ful.
Meanings
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Enough to fill a thicket.
a thicketful of brambles
A brace of ptarmigan brought home after a day's hard marching [...] would afford more pleasure than a whole thicketful of pheasants.
1837, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, volume 1, William MacGillivray, page 125:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thicketsful | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| thicketfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |