Meaning of elevatorful | Babel Free

Definitions

Enough to fill an elevator.

Examples

“In gathering up the goods of producers the car-load is the common unit, and yet an iron-bound rule in a national statute touching the commerce by rail of 100,000 miles of road, comprehending movements of freight where grain by the elevatorful, coal by the output of a mine, wood by the acre, or sand by the hill, might work inconvenience where the exception would be sanctioned if no monopoly was created against the smaller car-load dealer.”

“They come in elevatorsful, with their children, and their witnesses, and their lawyers.”

“Well, what the hell, any passing observer might observe, some elevators are stronger than others. Yet in each instance an elevatorful comes out at one ton.”

“The delegates trickled up, beginning about 7 p.m., then came by the handfuls, elevatorfuls and hundreds, finally making it all but impossible to move in the hall.”

“Forbidden City with its newly installed terrace was sold out last Saturday night-⁠-ten days in advance....The Chinese Skyroom turned customers away be^([sic – meaning by]) the elevatorfuls.”

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