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prisonful

prisonful noun: enough to fill a prison.

Noun

prisonful (plural prisonfuls or prisonsful)

  1. Enough to fill a prison.
    • When we shall have, as suggested by “A Briton,” thus once for all degraded ourselves to the level of savages, we shall undoubtedly have on our hands a furious and open Irish insurrection, with an American war, and then possibly certain savage deeds in India, perpetrated while suppressing a real...1868 January 5, Humphry Sandwith, ““Unspoken Words.””, in The Daily News, number 6,764, London, published 7 January 1868, page 5
    • They remind us that we carry the load of national debt like a feather-weight; keep armies of paupers in plenty and prisonfuls of prisoners in luxury, and can count upon an indefinite elasticity of revenue.1872 July 19, “Coal and the Civil Service”, in The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day: With a Summary of News, volume VIII...

Forms of prisonful

pluralprisonfuls
pluralprisonsful

Origin of prisonful

From prison + -ful.

Questions about prisonful

What does prisonful mean?
Prisonful means enough to fill a prison.
What part of speech is prisonful?
Prisonful is a noun.
What is the plural of prisonful?
The plural of prisonful is prisonfuls.

Words near prisonful in the dictionary

  1. prisoners
  2. prisoners at large
  3. prisoners of conscience
  4. prisoners of war
  5. prisoners' bars
  6. prisonful
  7. prisonfuls
  8. prisonguard
  9. prisonguards
  10. prisonhouse
  11. prisonhouses

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