Definitions
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- noun An amount sufficient to fill a
trench .
Etymologies
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trench + -ful
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Examples
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Sometimes a trenchful of the enemy would fire a volley and half of them disappear through gullies leading to other cover.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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But when he tumbles in from a gusty night out of a trenchful of mud, with the patter from slivers of shell, then he turns to song and color, odd tricks with the knife, and the tales of an ancient adventure.
Golden Lads Arthur Gleason 1900
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'adn't started this row the' ole trenchful o 'Frenchies would' ave been
Action Front Boyd Cable 1910
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Boche had just made a coup de main and captured a whole trenchful. "
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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