# chairful
## English
### Etymology 1

From chair +‎ -ful.

#### Noun

chairful (plural chairfuls or chairsful)
* A person (of a particular quality) that sits in a chair.
** 1886 October 21, John Habberton, “Tom Meredith’s Tableaux”, in The Youth’s Companion, volume LIX, number 42, Boston, Mass.: Perry Mason & Co., page 394:Then came a mixed party, that increased the audience to twelve chairsful, and in the few moments that followed there was such a steady procession of boys and girls, that Tom literally had his hands full.
** 1929, Munsey's Magazine - Volume 96, page 436:There will be no chairful of girlishness reading Bertha M. Clay, nor a rockerful of grandma knitting, nor a stoolful of big sister strumming " Forgotten."
** 1968, Briton Hadden, Time - Volume 91, page 149:Whether you're talking to a chairful, a roomful or a nation full of people, the principles of human communication are the same.
** 1977, Maurice Samuel, The Worlds of Maurice Samuel: Selected Writings, page 222:Bialik pointed at him and murmured in my ear: "A chairful of Jew."
** 1981, Aldon J. Hilton, Winning the dental insurance game: operations manual, page 110:If you practice in an exclusive area and have chairfuls of well-healed clients, this axiom probably does not apply.
** 2014, Alice Clayton, Rusty Nailed, →ISBN, page 90:A chairful of hot blonde had taken up residence, and over her giggles and squeals, Neil made sure to catch Sophia's eye.
* A quantity that fills a chair.
** 1936, Florence Robertson Cameron, Told in Furthest Hebrides:Garth, the collie, lay between them before the fire, his amber eyes only half-closed, except when in dreams he fought again his old battles ; and a chairful of cats and kittens slumbered peacefully.
** 1942, William Edward Cox, Southern Sidelights, page 37:My mother carded her own rolls and laid them across a chair till they piled up almost to the top of the chair-back, then put cards aside and spun the whole chairful of rolls.
** 1969, House and Garden - Volume 136, page 180:Every home should have at least one corner that's all his . . . with a big, brawny chairful of solid comfort waiting just for him.
** 2000, Leon Garfield, Jack Holborn, →ISBN, page 195:When we got back to Dover Street, pacing the chairful of presents, that letter was awaiting us.

### Etymology 2

From chair +‎ -ful.

#### Adjective

chairful (comparative more chairful, superlative most chairful)
* Chairlike or involving chairs.
** 1965, The Hospital and Health Services Review - Volume 61, page xv:"Good seating is essential to good health" said Doctor ERCOLion. "And for every seating eventuality Ercol have an effective prescription of the utmost chairful charm.
** 1972, To-day - Volumes 5-7, page 15:The most chairful of chairs are to be found in the smoking-rooms of clubs.
** 1989, The World: Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Association:The "chairful” event took place in September.
** 1993, Arts - Volumes 16-17, page 11:So plan on doing your own twisting and shouting at the "chair"ful event.
* Pronunciation spelling of cheerful.
** 1873, Theodore Edward Hook, The Choice Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, page 107:...and they are in sich order that he has only to talk of the lock and the key to subdoo e'm in a minuet—poor creturs, them as I seed where chairful, and not one of them was wiping, they had plenty of vitals, and spoke of the Coloony as a nice place, and called the Guvenor a Darling—but it seems wretched work...
** 1929, Eugène Jolas, Transition: An International Workshop for Orphic Creation:Ah, go on now Masta Bones, with your impendements and your parrotricks ! Blank memory of darky in blued suit. You were ever the gentle poet. Be nice about it ! Look chairful !