heapful
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]heapful (plural heapfuls or heapsful)
- Enough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.
- 1926 February 10, “Kaufman’s Final Clearance of All Coats That Were $49.75 to $85”, in The Evening News, number 2787, Harrisburg, Pa., page three:
- This is a great opportunity to save heapsful.
- 1988, Carl Edward Glock, History of the 316th Regiment of Infantry in the World War, 1918:
- True, there was no turkey, there were no cranberries or pumpkin pie―but the “Y” and company funds had provided heapfuls of tasty substitutes and that same reverent feeling of gratitude which pervaded Thanksgiving Day was again present beneath the surface of things.