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landful

landful noun: as many as fill the land.

Noun

landful

  1. As many as fill the land.
    • Thusit may be seen that there is little appearance of peace, but much of war; may the Almighty bless the Company with his support and help, to preserve our handful of people, against this landful of savages.1838, Donald Moodie, The Record Or, A Series of Official Papers Relative to the Condition and Treatment of the Native Tribes of South Africa
    • As for us—three young men to a whole landful of women— what could we do?2009, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings, page 55

Origin of landful

From land + -ful.

Questions about landful

What does landful mean?
Landful means as many as fill the land.
What part of speech is landful?
Landful is a noun.

Words near landful in the dictionary

  1. Landford
  2. landform
  3. landforms
  4. landfowl
  5. landfowls
  6. landful
  7. landfyrd
  8. landfyrds
  9. landgable
  10. landgables
  11. landgafol

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