Definitions
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- noun As much as a
yacht will hold.
Etymologies
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yacht + -ful
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Examples
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D D D D D D D They have set out by barge along the Spree-Oder Canal, headed at last for Swinem-nde, Slothrop to see what Geli Tripping's clew will lead him to in the way of a Schwarzger't, Margherita to rendezvous with a yachtful of refugees from the Lublin regime, among whom ought to be her daughter Bianca.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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A little weak, perhaps, but never vicious, there wasn't any harm in a yachtful of them.
Knocked for a Loop Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1957
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