cabfuln.
/ˈkabfʊl/, U.S. /ˈkæbˌfʊl/ As many or as much as a cab (in various senses of cab n.2) will hold; esp. a quantity that fills a taxicab.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a carriage or cab
coachful1654
carriageful1837
cabful1845
rumbleful1859
1845 Penny Satirist 13 Dec. One cabful of solicitors' clerks, directors, or some such cattle, arrived just at midnight.
1932 Daily Mail 5 Apr. 12/5 It is not more than ten or twelve years since an enterprising dealer was carting away from Sickert's studio a whole cabful of finished canvases, worth thousands to-day.
1997 Financial Times 12 Sept. 16/7 A truck fleet operator could..replace a cabful of gadgetry..with a single handset.
2009 Observer (Nexis) 27 Dec. (Review section) 17 A cabful of Japanese tourists eager to take pictures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1845- return an office
- return angle
- return arm
- return bend
- return block
- return boat
- return box
- return buffet
- return bus
- return cargo
- return carriage
- return case
- return catch
- return chaise
- return charge
- return coach
- return conductor
- return crease
- return current
- return date
- return day
- return desk
- return entertaining
- return envelope
- return fare