dressful

dressful noun: as much as is within, on, or held by a dress.

Noun

dressful (plural dressfuls)

As much as is within, on, or held by a dress.
- The next time we were out she gathered a whole dressful of Amanitas, but all she got for her trouble was a severe lecture on the virtues of keeping her dress clean.1943, Walter Beebe Wilder, Bounty of the Wayside, page 221
- “Boy, what a dressful!” He pretended to lunge at her like an animal.1957, Leon Arden, The Savage Place - Volume 1664, page 26

dressful (comparative more dressful, superlative most dressful)

Pertaining to dresses or dressing.
- Mary Jane's dressful opportunities are very limited, and half the fun of life with women is dressing.1918, Littell's Living Age - Volume 299, page 398
- As John walks up the steps, the faithful dove glides in to him and unwinds silk from cocoons salvaged from the Egyptian ship and it flies with the precision of spiders to webs, birds building a nest and bees a hive, then binds the whole from the clouds and cloudy incense into a band of cloth, light...2001, Jack Apostol, Not of Stones, But of Words, page 429

From dress + -ful.

What does dressful mean?: Dressful means as much as is within, on, or held by a dress.
What part of speech is dressful?: Dressful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of dressful?: The plural of dressful is dressfuls.

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