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shopful

[ shop-fool ]

noun

, plural shop·fuls.
  1. the contents of a shop.
  2. a quantity sufficient to fill a shop.


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shopful1

First recorded in 1630–40; shop + -ful
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Example Sentences

If a cannon had been fired close to her ear, or a shopful of glass had been broken, she could not have been more alarmed.

Big lumps of solid gold, what'll buy a whole shopful of toys, and tons of best London mixture and marzipan.

It was like you, Ben, when you did remember, to bring me the whole shopful.

Much of the gentle wisdom which her father preached to the little shopful of listeners Yetta did not fully understand.

Nor did she mean to voice her wishes before a shopful of people who might consider them ambiguous.

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