Meanings
plural centuryfuls
- An amount that arises from or occurs over the course of a century.
Treat yourself to a centuryful of fascination.
1981, The Magazine Antiques - Volume 119, page 8644 more examples
Besides, here 's a chance to take in three centuryfuls of history at a gulp, already canned.
1924, Thomas Morris Longstreth, The Lake Superior Country, page 167It is obvious that a whole centuryful of people cannot really be either "right" or "wrong."
1942, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury - Volume 54, page 627One moment, then, Mozart wrote such great music that his own age would have none of it; the next moment he achieved this greatness through being one of a centuryful of busily and profitably and successfully employed composers.
1949, Bernard H. Haggin, Music in the Nation, page 10A centuryful of the town's past life is piled up and squeezed into it.
1979, Ricardo Landeira, Critical Essays on Gabriel Miro, page 113
Origin
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