provinceful

plural provincefuls

1. the amount that a province can hold.

   Munding governs a provinceful of Communists, he's the last of the free, though he doesn't know it.

   2011, Jose Dalisay, In Flight: Two Novels of the Philippines, IPG, →ISBN, page 91

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   The cherry came from Persia, so they say, Well, Cyrus and his army here might stay A Week Or two, and with the birds dispute Their title to a provinceful of fruit.

   1913, William Henry Taylor, Canadian Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, with a Medley of Reveries in Verse and Prose and Other Curios, page 26

   Local boards overestimate options open to the Department of Education, a provincial leader says: There's a provinceful of auditors.

   1995, Kenneth Leithwood, Effective School District Leadership: Transforming Politics into Education, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 171