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  • noun Plural form of boxful.

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Examples

  • But the servicemen were used to being moved from post to post every few years, and few of them could or wanted to collect books, and so there were always boxfuls of used paperbacks that Navy Wives were trying to clear out of storage in preparation for the next move.

    MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction? 2009

  • No more boxfuls of curling photos and old Polaroids.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • No more boxfuls of curling photos and old Polaroids.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • And so there is a great authorial rifling through boxfuls of correspondence, and many surely blissful hours reading old periodicals.

    A Woman Among Mad Men 2009

  • When sheriff's officers in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles County tested the system, they fired boxfuls of blanks and live rounds in nine separate areas.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007

  • When sheriff's officers in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles County tested the system, they fired boxfuls of blanks and live rounds in nine separate areas.

    East Orange skips ahead of Plainfield with gun sensors Dan 2007

  • It reeked from boxfuls of Havana cigars enjoyed by the previous tenant: Tory chancellor Kenneth Clarke.

    A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

  • It's a world away from Amazon.com's helpful suggestions and recommendations, where the user clearly understands that whatever information they input is being sent to the online behemoth--this is how you end up with boxfuls of kitchen utensils you never knew you needed.

    Faces Of The Week: Jan. 16-20Forbes Faces Of The Week: Jan. 16-20 Forbes.com staff 2006

  • It's a world away from Amazon.com's helpful suggestions and recommendations, where the user clearly understands that whatever information they input is being sent to the online behemoth--this is how you end up with boxfuls of kitchen utensils you never knew you needed.

    Faces Of The Week: Jan 16-20 Forbes Faces Of The Week: Jan 16-20 Forbes.com staff 2006

  • It's a world away from Amazon.com's helpful suggestions and recommendations, where the user clearly understands that whatever information they input is being sent to the online behemoth--this is how you end up with boxfuls of kitchen utensils you never knew you needed.

    Jobs' Apple Alters iTunes After Privacy Concerns 2006

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