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trolleyfuls

trolleyfuls is the plural of trolleyful.

Meaning of trolleyful

Noun

trolleyful (plural trolleyfuls or trolleysful)

  1. As much as a trolley will hold.
    • Children row around in rubber dinghies, self-importantly pointing out hero daddies; trolleysful of tinned curry sauce and six-packs of beer are transferred down hatches with a blithe disregard for deadweight.1984, Libby Purves, “At Millbay Dock”, in Libby Purves, Trevor Grove, editors, Single Handed: The Observer/Europe 1 Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 19

Questions about trolleyfuls

What is trolleyfuls the plural of?
Trolleyfuls is the plural of trolleyful.

Words near trolleyfuls in the dictionary

  1. trolleyed
  2. trolleyed off
  3. trolleyer
  4. trolleyers
  5. trolleyful
  6. trolleyfuls
  7. trolleying
  8. trolleying off
  9. trolleyless
  10. trolleylike
  11. trolleyman

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