Parcelful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill a parcel.

    "As she liked books, he even thought of taking her a whole parcelful as a surprise—some that he had left in one of his trunks in the loft."

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"As she liked books, he even thought of taking her a whole parcelful as a surprise—some that he had left in one of his trunks in the loft."

Etymology

From parcel + -ful.

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