shoulderful
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, burly, small
VERB + SHOULDERFUL
dogged, get
SHOULDERFUL + NOUN
front, one-by-sixes
PREP.
in, off
Definitions
noun
As much as can be carried or worn on one's shoulder.
As he walks down the hall to meet a group of businessmen, this corporate secret service uses code ling and the phones' two-way radio feature to head off potential snafus, such as toilet paper trailing from his wing tips and "snow on the mountains" (a shoulderful of dandruff), while he's unaware in a Mr. Magoo sort of way of the action surrounding him.
Before I could give him a brisk lecture about how making an effort for an hour could help his career no end, a large man with two shouldersful of bags hoved into view.
An amount that reaches as high as the shoulder.
Sacramento River flowing circuitously below high crimson banks and a splendid view of America's only volcano (whose last eruption occurred as recently as 1914), rising steeply out of the level valley and hoisting a shoulderful of superb colors against the sky.
As much as a metaphoric shoulder can handle; a personal burden.
Gent who was with her had a shoulderful of chips, for no apparent reason.
The new regime allowed for an incredible latitude of flexibility but also an equal shoulderful of additional responsibility.
adj
Filled as far as the shoulder (of a container)
Having large, muscular shoulders.
Small, dogged, shoulderful, they come headed America-ward.
Golden brown shoulders bulge out of that sleeveless shirt in a way that's almost profane, like just sitting there, being all burly and shoulderful in front of a group of teenagers seems somehow inappropriate.
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5As he walks down the hall to meet a group of businessmen, this corporate secret service uses code ling and the phones' two-way radio feature to head off potential snafus, such as toilet paper trailing
WiktionaryBefore I could give him a brisk lecture about how making an effort for an hour could help his career no end, a large man with two shouldersful of bags hoved into view.
WiktionaryHe could get a shoulderful of one-by-sixes off the lumber pile and carry them up to the cabin site.
WiktionarySmall, dogged, shoulderful, they come headed America-ward.
WiktionaryGolden brown shoulders bulge out of that sleeveless shirt in a way that's almost profane, like just sitting there, being all burly and shoulderful in front of a group of teenagers seems somehow inappr
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