Meaning of breastful | Babel Free

Definitions

The amount that a breast will carry or hold.

Examples

“Enough for Him whom cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk And a mangerful of hay; Enough for Him whom angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore.”

“And again he inhaled a prodigious breastful of the mountain air. "”

“I had expected him to be a middle-aged man with a breastful of medals, with whom I would have to be formal; but Dunn was actually two months younger than myself.”

“There were conjurers and singers and highland dancers wearing breastsful of medals, funny stories and recitations by blushing boys, and finally the choir again.”

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