cram-jamadv.
Now chiefly U.S. dialect.
Chock- or cram- (full).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adverb] > so as to be crammed full
ram-jam full1860
cram-jam1903
1903 Dial. Notes 2 296 Cram jam full, crammed full.
1909 Daily Chron. 8 Mar. 3/2 That garden was simply cram-jam full of them.
1953 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xix. 10 (Southern Appalachians) Cram-jam-full, very full.
Derivatives
cram-jam v. transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram
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line?1521
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prop1568
referse1580
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to craw outa1658
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stow1710
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squab1819
farcy1830
cram-jam1880
jam-pack1936
1880 Punch 25 Sept. 142/1 The house was cram-jammed from ceiling to floor by an audience that showed itself decidedly appreciative and strictly critical.
1905 East Coast Visitor 17 Aug. 7/3 I've seen these flats cram-jammed with fowl of all sorts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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