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Definition of 'shipful'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • As much as a ship will hold.
  • *{{quote-news|year=2007|date=January 19|author=Holland Cotter|title=Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=And in Elinor Gordon’s booth you’ll find a shipful of China Trade porcelains, of a kind that gave the West an image of China that the Chinese thought the West wanted to see. }}