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chestful|ˈtʃɛstfʊl| [-ful.] The quantity (of articles) contained in a chest; spec. = chest n.1 7.
1723Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 106 A large chestful of Mr. Calderwood's papers. 1884Child Ballads ii. xli. 363/1 He promises red gold and chestfuls of pence. 1942E. Blom Music in Eng. v. 80 Purcell's..fantasies for strings..revive the old family habit of playing in consort on a chestful of viols. |