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alleyful

alleyful noun: the amount that fills an alley.

Noun

alleyful (plural alleyfuls or alleysful)

  1. The amount that fills an alley.
    • Well, tonight the kids are operating on a ghost-to-ghost hookup . . . going all out for tricks or treats, and we suppose it is best to put up with this mild form of blackmail and come across. At least we get to see the spooks, goblins and witches which are roaming the city and that in itself is...1948 October 30, Ed[ward] Mulligan, “Mulligan’s Stew: A weekly summary of Views and News of Mason County Merchants”, in The Ludington Daily News, volume 58, number 305, Ludington, Mich., →OCLC, page...
    • The demolitions involved in cutting more than a quarter of a mile of new street through alleyfuls of old houses, not counting frontage changes in the Churchyard itself, took place between the west edge of the future Cannon Street Station site and Old Change.1972, Priscilla Metcalf, “The Forties: Daguerreotype Panorama”, in Victorian London, London: Cassell, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of alleyful

pluralalleyfuls
pluralalleysful

Origin of alleyful

From alley + -ful.

Questions about alleyful

What does alleyful mean?
Alleyful means the amount that fills an alley.
What part of speech is alleyful?
Alleyful is a noun.
What is the plural of alleyful?
The plural of alleyful is alleyfuls.

Words near alleyful in the dictionary

  1. alleycat
  2. alleycats
  3. alleycatted
  4. alleycatting
  5. alleyed
  6. alleyful
  7. alleyfuls
  8. alleygating
  9. alleylike
  10. Alleyman
  11. Alleymans

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