"valleyful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: valleyfuls [plural], valleysful [plural]
Etymology: valley + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|valley|ful|pos=noun}} valley + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|valleysful}} valleyful (plural valleyfuls or valleysful)
  1. As much as fills a valley.
    Sense id: en-valleyful-en-noun-uB0ERb0q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for valleyful meaning in English (2.2kB)

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          "ref": "1948, Richard Church, Kent, page 197",
          "text": "Elham, Stelling, Waltham, Bishopsbourne with its literary as well as its architectural treasures, Patrixbourne whose church is one of the most perfect pure Norman pieces in England, Denton, and Wootton, the seat of the Bridges family, that gave us a famous littérateur at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and a great Poet Laureate at the end of it: these are only a sample of the valleyfuls of names that represent a social history to which no writer could do justice in one lifetime.",
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          "ref": "1997, John Graham, Outdoor Leadership: Technique, Common Sense & Self-confidence",
          "text": "Ann's son was so good at mimicking marmots that he was soon \"talking\" to a whole valleyful of the critters.",
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          "ref": "2008, Richard L. Smith, Premodern Trade in World History",
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