concertful

English

Etymology

concert +‎ -ful

Noun

concertful (plural concertfuls or concertsful)

1. A quantity that fills a concert.
   • 1956, Peter Hugh Reed, ARG - Volumes 22-23, page 90:

     Perhaps some will find a whole concertful of them rather too much for a single sitting.

   • 1956, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen, Harper's Magazine - Volume 212, page 95:

     This concerto, composed exclusively for a Paris performance, never to be played elsewhere, took the critics by storm after they had waited out several concertsful of suspense.

   • 1974, Artforum - Volume 13, Issues 4-10, page 35:

     Bengston doing a roomful of painting is like Joe Willie Namath doing a gameful of curl patterns, Jason Robards doing an eveningful of O'Neill, Tina Turner doing a concertful of. . . . and so on.

   • 2017, Kurt Ganzl, Victorian Vocalists:

     Carpenter 'entertained', and in between the spoken portions he and the girls delivered a concertful of light, ballady music.