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wagonful en · NOUN

Etymology

From wagon + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that will fit in a wagon.
   • The station rests on nearly 300 piles, some driven in to a depth of 25 ft., and 3,000 wagonsful of spoil were used to fill the site to avoid the risk of flooding. 1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 540:
   • So I reflected, having nothing better to do, when my wagonful of pilgrims had dropped out of sight in the fog--as a pebble drops into the lake--leaving me with the house to myself; and presently, as I sat at the window, I heard a white-throated sparrow singing outside. 1893, Bradford Torrey, The Foot-path Way:
   • We were obliged to wait at Camp MacDowell for Sergeant Stone to arrive with our wagonful of household goods, and then, after a mighty weeding out and repacking, we set forth once more, with a good team of mules and a good driver, to join the command. 1911, Martha Summerhayes, Vanished Arizona:

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