"crawful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crawfuls [plural], crawsful [plural]
Etymology: craw + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|craw|ful|pos=noun}} craw + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|crawsful}} crawful (plural crawfuls or crawsful)
  1. As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
    Sense id: en-crawful-en-noun-l2onojWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 66 34
  2. Enough to fill the craw.
    Sense id: en-crawful-en-noun-NHGTe7SP

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, Harold Gauer, The History: War and peace in the 1940's, page 199",
          "text": "Buyers of same (Vonier, Beebe, Ken Smith) will invade \"Gauer's Midnite Ron De Voo\" with a steaming bagful and partake of the host's wonderful glass coffee-maker brew and sit around until late, their kissers mashing crawsful of prune and icing dough, handing Gauer a lot of bunk, playing chess, or discussing the assinities of the atomic age.",
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