Meaning of parkful | Babel Free

Definitions

Enough to fill a park.

Examples

“But if we have an ocean of Admirals, with only a Trafalgar Square Basin to put them in, we have likewise a whole parkful of Captains, and nothing but charity boys to give them to lead to victory.”

“Parkful Sees Civic Clubs Tie 24 To 24 / A parkful of people watched Lions and Kiwanians struggle to a 24-24 deadlock last night in the softball extravaganza of the year.”

“We have a hunch they pictured the consequences when that kid came on the screen popping off about how good his cough syrup tastes on ice cream, and then they’d have parksful of children bawling for cough syrup on their ice cream, and the old geezers shouting that it twarnt like this when Old Winnie was in power, that’s what—”

“The kids jammed a corner of Recreation Park yesterday afternoon to scream their approval of the Pickwick Puppet Theater (which at times performs with symphony orchestras around the country when it is not enthralling parksful of children) brought to town by the New York State Office of Economic Opportunity and the Binghamton Parks Department.”

“I.e., parksful of artillery—from the custom of drilling and parading in civic parks.”

“When she heard about Sigrid’s new position, Charlotte envisioned her whipping into shape whole parkfuls of Columbusites with her relentless exercising.”

“And so in time would Gillette hock with razors a million more, would the call be superimposed onto newsreel, would “talking” baseball cards play it at 33⅓ rpm, Hodges caterwauling always five times in 13 seconds that the Giants won the pennant, the Giants won the pennant, a mantra embedded now in the minds of millions, among them parkfuls of fans to swear that it was Hodges they heard holler of a homer, though in truth they had on October 3, 1951, tuned in beyond the reach of 570 AM.”

“Red-hot chili, savory ribs and chicken and top-notch entertainment draw a parkful of people Friday as the 2008 Up In Smoke BBQ Bash begins”

“But he [Brian Hill] is mum on now^([sic]) many people he expects to attend. “I think we’ll have a parkful,” he said.”

“And since the beginning of the evening, a parkful of celebrants partied to the country sounds of T-Mary & Hammer Down, ate refreshments from the concession stand, played football and Frisbee and visited with friends and family in lawn chairs.”

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