shoeful

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noun

A quantity contained in or on a shoe.

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Meanings

nounshoeful (plural shoefuls or shoesful)

plural shoefuls · plural shoesful

  1. A quantity contained in or on a shoe.

    One of the wounded men had a shoeful of blood.

    2018, Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, →ISBN
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    Others have very sensitive soles and can easily feel overwhelmed by what feels like a shoeful of pebbles.

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    Blake jumped over a curve of the Bonython stream that cut across the beach. Don tried to follow her and ended up with a shoeful of water.

    2018, Robert Goddard, Panic Room, →ISBN

Origin

From shoe + -ful.

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APA

shoeful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoeful

MLA

“shoeful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoeful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoeful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoeful.

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