chestful
English
Etymology
chest + -ful
Noun
chestful (plural chestfuls or chestsful)
- As much as a chest will hold
- 1839 Robert Montgomery Bird - The Adventures of Robin Day
- and so we sent the boat, and took him off by night, him and the rest of them and a whole chestful of money
- 1973 Alden Hatch - The Lodges of Massachusetts
- When Cabot Lodge came home from the war with a chestful of medals . . .
- 1839 Robert Montgomery Bird - The Adventures of Robin Day
Anagrams
- futchels