Meaning of flatful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Enough to fill a flat (apartment).
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2. Enough to fill a flat (container).

Examples

“[S]he pointedly remarked that they had just moved to the city a month previous, that they were dissatisfied, and would return⟳ to Hoosierdom in June. I was completely taken in, and departed without making the assessment. However, when whole flatsful began to make⟳ similar explanations under similar circumstances, I awoke to the fact that I had been bluffed.”

“When the first lot of cuttings has been taken from the flat clean⟳ out the flat, using new sand for the next lot; never use⟳ sand twice. It must not be supposed that all will go as swimmingly as it reads, as there is a disease that young cuttings, known as “cutting-bench fungus,” which sweeps whole flatfuls away in a single day.”

“[P]lant the tubers in flatfuls of one of the above mixtures right after the pink sprouts have⟳ appeared.”

“It is both irresponsible and greedy to dig⟳ up flatfuls of any wild plant⟳. Take⟳ a little here and there, on level ground only, and always fill⟳ in the hole you’ve made with a generous pile of ground litter and leaves to prevent⟳ erosion and help⟳ the area restore⟳ itself.”

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