tavernful

Noun

tavernful (plural tavernfuls)

1. Enough to fill a tavern.
   • Why not give the proof? But not like Professor Patterson, of Philadelphia, who said: “Hahnemann contradicts Euclid’s axiom, ‘the whole is greater than the part,’ because he insists that parts are more than the whole;” and his class laughed at this like a tavernful of voters at a pettifogger’s jest.1872 January, “Seven Notes on Hahnemann and his Absurdities”, in Rob[er]t J. McClatchey, editor, The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume VII, number 6, Philadelphia, Pa.: A. J. Tafel, page 252
   • One night after having astonished a tavernful with his drinking powers he came upon a watchman peacefully slumbering in his box, and threw box and man over the wall of a burial ground.1884 November 5, “Powerful Men. Some of the Feats Performed by Celebrated Characters.”, in The Daily Examiner, volume XXXIX, number 128, San Francisco, Calif.