chairful

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person (of a particular quality) that sits in a chair.

   • Then came a mixed party, that increased the audience to twelve chairsful, and in the few moments that followed there was such a steady procession of boys and girls, that Tom literally had his hands full.
   • There will be no chairful of girlishness reading Bertha M. Clay, nor a rockerful of grandma knitting, nor a stoolful of big sister strumming " Forgotten."
   • Whether you're talking to a chairful, a roomful or a nation full of people, the principles of human communication are the same.
2. 2

   A quantity that fills a chair.

   • Garth, the collie, lay between them before the fire, his amber eyes only half-closed, except when in dreams he fought again his old battles ; and a chairful of cats and kittens slumbered peacefully.
   • My mother carded her own rolls and laid them across a chair till they piled up almost to the top of the chair-back, then put cards aside and spun the whole chairful of rolls.
   • Every home should have at least one corner that's all his . . . with a big, brawny chairful of solid comfort waiting just for him.
3. 3

   Chairlike or involving chairs.

   • "Good seating is essential to good health" said Doctor ERCOLion. "And for every seating eventuality Ercol have an effective prescription of the utmost chairful charm.
   • The most chairful of chairs are to be found in the smoking-rooms of clubs.
   • The "chairful” event took place in September.
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   1. 4

      Pronunciation spelling of cheerful.

      • Ah, go on now Masta Bones, with your impendements and your parrotricks ! Blank memory of darky in blued suit. You were ever the gentle poet. Be nice about it ! Look chairful !

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