Meaning of paperful | Babel Free

Definitions

Enough to fill a paper.

Examples

“The parent had put pins by papersful, / Till she was like a frightful porcupine;[…]”

“At various drugstores in such places as Purdy’s, Golden’s Bridge, Brewster, Croton Falls, Katonah and Mount Kisco, as well as Ridgefield, Scotts Corners, Pound Ridge and New Caanan, I bought about a ton of eye makeup, lipstick, powder, papersful of bobby pins, curlers (me! curlers!) and other tools for the conversion of Woman As Harper’s Bazaar Believes Her To Be.”

“Yvonne scooped up two more paperfuls of flour by the time he returned with her broom and dustpan.”

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