Definitions
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- noun The quantity or amount that fills a boat.
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- noun Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
Etymologies
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Examples
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Halfway through the sale, he pointed to a large painting of a boatful of people hanging on the far wall.
Art's New Pecking Order Kelly Crow 2012
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Handguns are not adequate weapons for troops storming a boatful of people who may offer violent resistance, the moreso if those people are armed, even if not armed with firearms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity 2010
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They unloaded the boatful of oysters onto the lawn at the side of Charlie's house into two waist high mountains, Jon's and Charlie's, and to the side Jelly's miniscule pile.
Working Title: "Third Persons" Glenn Klopfenstein 2011
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They will want to know if the Gaza blockade, a policy they see as a security measure and that much of the world sees as collective punishment, is about to be undone by what Klein calls a rush to confrontation with a boatful of activists.
Activist's Account Of Raid Differs From Israeli Version 2010
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Another has a boatful of misfits floating across a river, Rubicon-like, at dusk.
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Another has a boatful of misfits floating across a river, Rubicon-like, at dusk.
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Handguns are not adequate weapons for troops storming a boatful of people who may offer violent resistance, the moreso if those people are armed, even if not armed with firearms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity 2010
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Since a recount would not change the presidential election and would cost the state a boatful of money, the request will probably not be made.
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On a posh cruise to Europe with his father, Harvey falls overboard and is rescued by a boatful of fishermen including crusty skipper Disko (Lionel Barrymore) and kind-hearted, Portugese-born Manuel (Spencer Tracy).
John Farr: For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1 2009
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As reports of this boatful of Sri Lankan people, in a stand off situation - Do you have any comment to that?
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