riverful

riverful

English

Etymology

river +‎ -ful

Noun

riverful (plural riverfuls)

1. as much as a river would hold.
   • 1931, Motor Boating, page 2:

     Well—perhaps not a riverful, but it's easy to tell which of them are.

   • 1962, Wen Fong, The Problem of Forgeries in Chinese Painting, page 116:

     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;

   • 1966, Anthony Tuttle, This Time in Twilight, page 148:

     "You've got a riverful of troubles, haven't you, John?"