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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