holeful means as much as fills a hole. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
From hole + -ful.
noun
- As much as fills a hole.“At this very instant while she was recalling a lifetime of work, Mr. Greenleaf was loitering in the woods and Mrs. Greenleaf was probably flat on the ground, asleep over her holeful of clippings.”
adj
- Filled with holes; holey.“When at last Mr. Alderman Flapp emerged, swathed in a comforter and in a flowing self-consciousness of equity, Mr. Flipp approached on the tips of his holeful boots, and whispered, "I am the dirty crossing-man; are you the dirty crossing-boy?" — and in another moment they were locked in each others' arms.”