"arenaful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: arenafuls [plural], arenasful [plural]
Etymology: From arena + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|arena|ful|pos=noun}} arena + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|arenasful}} arenaful (plural arenafuls or arenasful)
  1. as much as an arena would hold.

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1972, The Rotarian, page 27:",
          "text": "Called \"Texania 72\", the show blossomed with Texas talent and some nice international touches: an arenaful of flags of Rotary countries posted in by scores of galloping horsemen",
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          "ref": "2010, Belinda Carlisle, Lips Unsealed: A Memoir, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 116:",
          "text": "He had all the goods to make him a great lead singer: hot looks, an animal-like sexuality, a mysteriousness, and the ability to deliver to an arenaful of people and touch the person in the back row.",
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          "ref": "2010, Matt Labash, Fly Fishing with Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 184:",
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