riverful

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English

Etymology

From river +‎ -ful.

Noun

riverful (plural riverfuls or riversful)

  1. as much as a river would hold.
    • 1931, Motor Boating, page 2:
      Well—perhaps not a riverful, but it's easy to tell which of them are.
    • 1962, Wen Fong, The Problem of Forgeries in Chinese Painting, page 116:
      The other peom in Figure 22 reads: A little water, some little hills, a thousand drops of ink; A hillock, a valley, a riverful of smoke. In my old age, my brush tip has turned blunt and it needs utter freedom;
    • 1966, Anthony Tuttle, This Time in Twilight, page 148:
      "You've got a riverful of troubles, haven't you, John?"