Coatful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that a coat can hold.

    "And here we walk in the house with two coatfuls and armfuls of these bulbs."

  2. 2
    A quantity that is contained within a coat.

    "A coatful of wind is called an admiral."

  3. 3
    A quantity that sits on a coat.

    "And when Franz Liszt sat down at the piano, sporting shoulder-length hair and a coatful of glittering medals, the ladies threw their jewels onto the stage, battled over his gloves and even his cigar butts, and of course swooned."

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"And here we walk in the house with two coatfuls and armfuls of these bulbs."

Etymology

From coat + -ful.

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