See carpetful on Wiktionary
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"text": "All we know is that Duke Bhereu has died, the king and Baron Thomdor linger near death despite wagonloads of priests and winged carpetfuls of war wizards laboring night and day, […]",
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"text": "Walter, Shaw, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer… all that would be needed for several spangled carpetsful of best actor gongs would be, say, Anna Paquin and Sophie Okonedo.",
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