drawerful

[ drawr-fool ]

noun

, plural draw·er·fuls.

1. an amount sufficient to fill a drawer:

   a drawerful of socks.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawerful¹

First recorded in 1820–30; drawer + -ful

Example Sentences

After his death I found in his desk a whole drawerful of love-letters, and when he was alive—it's an awful thing to remember!

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I was reminded of one weakness this morning in turning over an old drawerful of pictures.

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This shell is more valuable than the pearl; and my fair employer possessed a whole drawerful of them.

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I have begun to write to you before now, but always stuck somehow, and left it to drown in a drawerful of like fiascos.

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He has a whole drawerful of Albert Medals for saving people's lives.

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