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sofaful

noun

Etymology

From sofa + -ful.

  1. derived from صُفَّة — “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”
  2. borrowed from sofa
  3. suffixed as sofaful — “sofa + ful”

Definitions

  1. Enough to fill a sofa.

    • Zora, with a sofaful of railway time tables and ocean-steamer handbooks, sought his counsel as to a voyage round the world which she had in contemplation;[…]
    • It suggests a prim aunt playing “proverbs” with a sofaful of priggish little nieces, and is a studied insult to cards and chess.
    • Toss our Lazyback sofa pillows anywhere![…]Buy a sofaful of them, for comfort!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA