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Definition of Tableful
1. as much as a table can hold [n TABLEFULS or TABLESFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tableful
Literary usage of Tableful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"As ild, much as a table will hoi be seated round a table. or as many as can One
man who is a little too literal can spoil the talk of a whole tableful of ..."
2. In the Brush; Or, Old-time Social, Political, and Religious Life in the by Hamilton Wilcox Pierson (1881)
"These in turn gave place to others, and so tableful succeeded tableful for hours.
While the feasting was going on, the others were enjoying themselves in ..."