schoolful

English

Etymology

From school +‎ -ful.

Noun

schoolful (plural schoolfuls or schoolsful)

1. Enough to fill a school.
   • 1895, R[ichar]d Marsden, “Introduction”, in G[erhart] von Schulze-Gaevernitz, translated by Oscar S[tandring] Hall, The Cotton Trade in England and on the Continent. A Study in the Field of the Cotton Industry., London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., Ltd.; Manchester: Marsden and Co., Ltd., […], page xi:

     The student of industrial, political, and social matters, coming to the investigation of the developments of the 19th century, will find in these subjects ample material to engage the services of schoolsful of colleagues.

   • 1923, George Saintsbury, “An Omnibus Box”, in A Second Scrap Book, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, […], page 364:

     Also my friend should not say that I “would have no ladders from the primary school to the University.” On the contrary, I argued that there always have been such ladders, and quite properly so; but that we should not use them as the dustmen do, for tipping whole schoolfuls of rubbish into the University cart.

   • 1993 July 15, “Good Sports”, in Rugeley Mercury, volume 128, number 648, page 21:

     TAKE a schoolful of sporty children, a playgroundful of parents and fieldful of bounces - castle and trampoline variety. Add a barbecue, a bar and a large pinch of PTA power and family fun flavouring, and you have the recipe for Thomas Barnes Summer Sports Tournament.