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pewsful

pewsful is the plural of pewful.

Meaning of pewful

Noun

pewful (plural pewfuls or pewsful)

  1. An amount sufficient to fill a pew.
    • (On these two pewsful you will not wonder at me refraining from looking a second time.) Around and beneath sat many an aged, many an experienced saint, to give edification to whom seemed less becoming than to receive it from them; many a friend in whose converse I had delighted; many a companion of...1850, Thomas P[orteous] Callender, Memoir of the Late Rev. Thomas P. Callender, Missionary to Jamaica. With a Selection from His Pulpit Discourses., Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Sons; London...

Questions about pewsful

What is pewsful the plural of?
Pewsful is the plural of pewful.

Words near pewsful in the dictionary

  1. pewmate
  2. pewmates
  3. pews
  4. Pewsey
  5. Pewseys
  6. pewsful
  7. pewter
  8. pewtered
  9. pewterer
  10. pewterers
  11. pewtering

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