officeful

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English

Etymology

From office +‎ -ful.

Noun

officeful (plural officefuls or officesful)

  1. The amount that fills an office.
    • 1936 May 17, “Even Husbands Will Approve If You Really Study Make-Up”, in Sunday Dispatch, 135th year, number 7,020, page 21:
      REALISE what make-up suggests to him when he sees streetsful and officesful of faultily, harsh-looking, made-up faces.
    • 1962 August 23, Virginia Webb S. Plummer, “Social Addenda…”, in The Greenville Advocate, volume 97, number 47, Greenville, Ala., page 5-B:
      The talented ex-Greenvillian is now Fashion Coordinator for Loveman’s and, according to Ruth, has two offices-ful of ladies working under her guidance.
    • 1971, Laser Focus - Volume 7, Issues 7-12, page 28:
      To cope with its need to generate about 400 engineering drawings a day, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York employs six officefuls of draftsmen.
    • 1995, Mary Kay Blakely, Donna Ng, American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie, page 167:
      I remember 3:45 p.m. at the Allen County Auditor's Office, where I worked with Joan and an officeful of working mothers.
    • 2003, Gabrielle Glaser, The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival, page 78:
      Day warned that the use of the radium rods—which could be used successively on an "officeful of patients"—could become a lucrative source of income for the user.
    • 2009, Connie Podesta, How to Stay Employed in Tough Times:
      Listen to this CEO: I don't want an officeful of robots, but I also don't want people who bring their negative feelings to work every day.