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prisonfuls

prisonfuls is the plural of prisonful.

Meaning of prisonful

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

Questions about prisonfuls

What is prisonfuls the plural of?
Prisonfuls is the plural of prisonful.

Words near prisonfuls in the dictionary

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

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