centuryful

centuryful

English

Etymology

century +‎ -ful

Noun

centuryful (plural centuryfuls)

1. An amount that arises from or occurs over the course of a century.
   • 1924, Thomas Morris Longstreth, The Lake Superior Country, page 167:

     Besides, here 's a chance to take in three centuryfuls of history at a gulp, already canned.

   • 1942, George Jean Nathan, ‎Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury - Volume 54, page 627:

     It is obvious that a whole centuryful of people cannot really be either "right" or "wrong."

   • 1949, Bernard H. Haggin, Music in the Nation, page 10:

     One moment, then, Mozart wrote such great music that his own age would have none of it; the next moment he achieved this greatness through being one of a centuryful of busily and profitably and successfully employed composers.

   • 1979, Ricardo Landeira, Critical Essays on Gabriel Miro, page 113:

     A centuryful of the town's past life is piled up and squeezed into it.

   • 1981, The Magazine Antiques - Volume 119, page 864:

     Treat yourself to a centuryful of fascination.