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Definition of Stickfuls
1. stickful [n] - See also: stickful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stickfuls
Literary usage of Stickfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Secrets of the Sanctum: An Inside View of an Editor's Life by Alonzo F. Hill (1875)
"Mr. Craig wants two more stickfuls of < Frivolities ! ... We run over nearly the
whole column — for two reasons : we want to get two stickfuls of the best ..."
2. Secrets of the Sanctum: An Inside View of an Editor's Life by Alonzo F. Hill (1875)
"Mr. Craig wants two more stickfuls of ' Frivolities ! ... We run over nearly the
whole column — for two reasons : we want to get two stickfuls of the best ..."
3. The Complete Works of Henry George by Henry George (1891)
"... direction Henry George had the type set in a friend's printing-office in San
Francisco, the author of the book setting the first two stickfuls himself. ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1916)
"Here the reader kindly will imagine three stickfuls of printed matter devoted to
that hill. It was an extremely interesting hill, but my Captain, ..."
5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Here the reader kindly will imagine three stickfuls of printed matter devoted to
that hill. It was an extremely interesting hill, but my Captain, ..."
6. Newspaper Writing and Editing by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1913)
"A news story is spoken of by editors and compositors as being two or three "
stickfuls " long, and an editor often tells a reporter to " write a ..."
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