salonful

English

Etymology

salon +‎ -ful

Noun

salonful (plural salonfuls)

1. Enough to fill a salon.
   • 1963, Sister Mary Estelle, Nuptials without love, page 108:

     To her salonful of male intellectuals and artists, she used to say: "With the majority of women whom we see and receive, it is not possible to have a sensible discourse."

   • 1988, Ted Orland, Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity:

     A whole salonful of artographers!

   • 2008, Christopher Goffard, Snitch Jacket, page 74:

     An all-round terrific lady: sweet, compassionate, busty, pert-nosed, prone to floods of sudden tears, a lover of mini-skirts and tall leather boots and snug sweaters, which you somehow wore with total innocence, a worrier, a sweet ruminator by windows. a girl possessed of incredibly long. elegant eyelashes. and of course more flawlessly managed hair than a salonful of average girls could ever grow.

Anagrams

• sulfonal