Shirtful
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 As much as is within, on, or held by a shirt.
"I watched him until he disappeared from view, and then thought I would open up the treasure I had buried and deposit some of the shirtful which he had so kindly given me after I had robbed him."
Example
More examples"I watched him until he disappeared from view, and then thought I would open up the treasure I had buried and deposit some of the shirtful which he had so kindly given me after I had robbed him."
Etymology
From shirt + -ful.
More for "shirtful"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.