Definitions
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- noun The amount displayed in a
window .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A windowful of tumbling puppies made me pause; perhaps Rachel needed an animal to love, to replace the pony.
Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995
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A windowful of tumbling puppies made me pause; perhaps Rachel needed an animal to love, to replace the pony.
Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995
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Enough that he shone in the light of the sun (which came through a windowful of bull's-eyes upon him, and was surprised to see stars by daylight), but the glint of his jewels and glow of his gold diverted no eye from the calm, sad face which in the day of battle could outflash them all.
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Unconscious of the tempting window displays of the haberdashers, goldsmiths, and linen drapers, she gazed briefly at a windowful of confectionary before turning right toward Thames Street and thence on to London Bridge and Marcus Pitt’s office.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Unconscious of the tempting window displays of the haberdashers, goldsmiths, and linen drapers, she gazed briefly at a windowful of confectionary before turning right toward Thames Street and thence on to London Bridge and Marcus Pitt’s office.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Unconscious of the tempting window displays of the haberdashers, goldsmiths, and linen drapers, she gazed briefly at a windowful of confectionary before turning right toward Thames Street and thence on to London Bridge and Marcus Pitt’s office.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Enough that he shone in the light of the sun (which came through a windowful of bull’s-eyes upon him, and was surprised to see stars by daylight), but the glint of his jewels and glow of his gold diverted no eye from the calm, sad face which in the day of battle could outflash them all.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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Unconscious of the tempting window displays of the haberdashers, goldsmiths, and linen drapers, she gazed briefly at a windowful of confectionary before turning right toward Thames Street and thence on to London Bridge and Marcus Pitt’s office.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Unconscious of the tempting window displays of the haberdashers, goldsmiths, and linen drapers, she gazed briefly at a windowful of confectionary before turning right toward Thames Street and thence on to London Bridge and Marcus Pitt’s office.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Fluffums "-- which was the apprentices 'name for Mr. Garvace, the senior partner and managing director of the Bazaar -- would think twice before he got rid of the only man in the place who could make a windowful of
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