Meaning of flowerpot-ful | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of flowerpotful.

form-of, rare

Examples

“Every one has heard of the language of flowers, in which lack-a-daisical young ladies might talk⟳ sweet stuff by the flowerpot-ful for hours together; […]”

“It begins with a flowerpot-ful of water sousing a pretty lady below on the curb, and the young wife has her brought up at once to be dried out and warmed inside with hot tea.”

“Auditorium and stage⟳ were sheltered from the sun by a coloured canvas roof. A couple of flowerpots-ful of wheat played at being a cornfield in front of a plain backcloth. The piece was called Bucco the Peasant.”

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