Kennelful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    As much as a kennel will hold.

    ""They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim that I should read their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat.""

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""They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim that I should read their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat.""

Etymology

From kennel + -ful.

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