Meaning of stomachful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Enough to fill one's stomach.
2. As much as one can stomach.

Examples

“Now, the stomach, to digest it well, will contain but about ten quarts, and when the animal eats one-third of his daily ration of seven pounds in one and one-half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachsful of hay and saliva, one of these having passed to the intestine.”

“Narrow and steadfast they were, and with stomachsful of conscience;[…]”

“There is no need for any more stomachsful of characters in this house.”

“Furthermore, if sources of home production are overly depleted, it is downright weakening to the field which cannot wage efficient war without ample quantities of weapons and ammunition, as well as stomachsful of just the kind of chow that doughboys thrive on”

“It was dismissed with the thanks of the court and with the Thanksgiving stomachsful of county food.”

“Maze Man serves up stomachs[-]ful of edible dots on a Pac Man-like grid.”

“I had been drinking mouthsful and stomachsful of the American class system without noticing the taste.”

“It’s near midnight now and the restaurant upstairs is shelving its trays and down pour those left snoring in the gazebo, mostly consisting of a few bloated bridgemen whose stomachsful of beef have given them all a taste for their own saliva.”

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