Submarineful

noun

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Definitions

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

    "In the mornings we dug indefatigably for gold among the roots of the lime trees. ¶ ‘How much,’ Hamer asked, ‘shall we find?’ ¶ ‘A heap of treasure,’ William told us, ‘about a submarineful.’"

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"In the mornings we dug indefatigably for gold among the roots of the lime trees. ¶ ‘How much,’ Hamer asked, ‘shall we find?’ ¶ ‘A heap of treasure,’ William told us, ‘about a submarineful.’"

Etymology

From submarine + -ful.

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