Chairful
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person (of a particular quality) that sits in a chair.
"Then came a mixed party, that increased the audience to twelve chairsful, and in the few moments that followed there was such a steady procession of boys and girls, that Tom literally had his hands full."
- 2 A quantity that fills a chair.
"Garth, the collie, lay between them before the fire, his amber eyes only half-closed, except when in dreams he fought again his old battles ; and a chairful of cats and kittens slumbered peacefully."
- 1 Chairlike or involving chairs.
""Good seating is essential to good health" said Doctor ERCOLion. "And for every seating eventuality Ercol have an effective prescription of the utmost chairful charm."
- 2 Pronunciation spelling of cheerful. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"...and they are in sich order that he has only to talk of the lock and the key to subdoo e'm in a minuet—poor creturs, them as I seed where chairful, and not one of them was wiping, they had plenty of vitals, and spoke of the Coloony as a nice place, and called the Guvenor a Darling—but it seems wretched work..."
Example
More examples"Then came a mixed party, that increased the audience to twelve chairsful, and in the few moments that followed there was such a steady procession of boys and girls, that Tom literally had his hands full."
Etymology
From chair + -ful.
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