Definitions

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  • noun The quantity or number which fills a tree.

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  • noun The quantity or number which fills a tree.

Etymologies

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tree +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • Take George from the Famous Five - a young lady who quite clearly could not be any gayer if she was a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

    Blyton Rocks juliette 2009

  • From Robert Redford to Sir Nicholas Stern, to a treeful of Nobelists, V.F. pinpoints 88 crusaders whose passions have global payoffs.

    May 2007 Table of Contents 2009

  • Take George from the Famous Five - a young lady who quite clearly could not be any gayer if she was a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

    Archive 2009-05-01 juliette 2009

  • There's a scene in a Weissmuller Tarzan film where Tarzan falls from a vine, and is revived by a treeful of spider monkeys.

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Michael May 2008

  • A treeful of spider monkeys then quickly causes a shower of leaves to fall upon Tarzan- effectively concealing him so the Nazis won't find him when they come looking.

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Michael May 2008

  • The hero manages the tricky feat of looking as gay as a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide, and simultaneously more sinister than a Star Trek convention.

    German style, French efficiency... juliette 2008

  • The hero manages the tricky feat of looking as gay as a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide, and simultaneously more sinister than a Star Trek convention.

    Archive 2008-03-01 juliette 2008

  • For Congress, we may need an entire treeful of foliage and a rapid distribution system.

    A Spell from San Francisco: Impeach. Reason: Treason 2007

  • Last week we had a treeful of robins looking disgruntled at all the snow on the ground, this week they were drinking from the dog's water bowl and yanking worms from the lawn.

    Spring flowers Carla 2007

  • From what little I know of Stargate, the show makes the USAF look (a) dumb as bricks and (b) gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous.

    Fun with refugees 2004

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