Boxful
as much as a box can hold:
a boxful of cornflakes.
Historical Examples
Helmet of Navarre Bertha Runkle
The Guests Of Hercules C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The Carroll Girls Mabel Quiller-Couch
The Ethical Engineer Henry Maxwell Dempsey
The Barrel Mystery William J. (William James) Flynn
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book Victor Hirtzler
Dracula Bram Stoker
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. Various
The Indians of the Painted Desert Region George Wharton James
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