Flockful

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).

    "A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it."

Example

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"A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it."

Etymology

From flock + -ful.

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