chestful

English

Etymology

chest +‎ -ful

Noun

chestful (plural chestfuls or chestsful)

  1. As much as a chest will hold
    • 1839, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Adventures of Robin Day:
      and so we sent the boat, and took him off by night, him and the rest of them and a whole chestful of money
    • 1973 Alden Hatch - The Lodges of Massachusetts
      When Cabot Lodge came home from the war with a chestful of medals . . .

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