bakeryful

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English

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Etymology

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From bakery +‎ -ful.

Noun

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bakeryful (plural bakeryfuls or bakeriesful)

  1. A quantity that would be supplied by a bakery.
    • 1957, Electronics - Volume 30, page 10:
      As executive officer of MIT (also his alma mater), Stratton has a finger in a whole bakeryful of pies.
    • 1974, Carolina Quarterly - Volumes 26-27, page 9:
      Inside the dark house, Billy bee-lined for the kitchen, where his grandmother would be putting the final touches on desk-size trays of lasagne, two-inch-thick pizza, veal parmagiana, and a bakeryful of pastries.
    • 1984 June 14, Lelia Albrecht, “City Market has many good, casual places to dine”, in Roanoke Times & World-News, volume 16, number 166, Roanoke, Va., pages C—3:
      At Tastings, I did something I swore I’d never do again: eat yet another stuffed croissant. It’s one of a limited number of lunch offerings, and without qualifications one of the very best in bakeriesful of mediocrities I’ve tasted recently.
    • 2006, James Branch Cabell, The Eagle's Shadow, page 44:
      And here, above all, is Miss Hugonin, utilising the vast power of money - which I am credibly informed is a very good thing to have, though I cannot pretend to speak from experience - and casting whole bakeryfuls of bread upon the waters of charity.
    • 2014, Ruth Owen, Gambler's Daughter:
      Rina's resolve could stand firm against a bakeryful of muffins and a sea of marmalade—but against hot chocolate?