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paddockfuls

paddockfuls is the plural of paddockful.

Meaning of paddockful

Noun

paddockful (plural paddockfuls or paddocksful)

  1. As much as a paddock (field of grassland) will hold.
    • “I hear this mare of yours is a clipper; but I shall see what metal she has in her before an hour’s over.”
      “I tell you the truth, man. It is hard to part with her. My girl, Lizzie, is fond of her, and she is fond of Lizzie, and I allow I’d sooner you’d take all the paddockful than her.”1872, anonymous, “Jingling Geordie” in All the Year Round, Christmas 1872, p. 19

Questions about paddockfuls

What is paddockfuls the plural of?
Paddockfuls is the plural of paddockful.

Words near paddockfuls in the dictionary

  1. Paddock Wood
  2. paddock-stool
  3. paddock-stools
  4. paddocked
  5. paddockful
  6. paddockfuls
  7. paddocking
  8. paddocks
  9. paddocksful
  10. Paddon
  11. Paddons

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