boatful

plural boatfuls · plural boatsful

1. Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question

   The city consumes boatfuls of fish every day.

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   Often sponsored by publishers, the cruises, aboard commercial liners, feature popular authors who give readings and seminars -- even knitting lessons -- to boatfuls of book lovers.

   2007 January 1, Amy Cortese, “At Sea With a Book to Read, and the Author of It, Too”, in New York Times