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tenderful
noun 2adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
most, splendid
VERB + TENDERFUL
feel, love, seen
TENDERFUL + NOUN
coal, dust, i'm, thy
PREP.
with
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A quantity that a tender (railroad car behind the engine) holds.
With a tenderful of splendid coal, 231 was going up like an engine possessed, exhaust ringing out clear in the frosty air and a great column of sparks shooting to the moonlit sky, while all down the curving line behind us you could see the little fires springing up.
His complaint was more than justified, for seldom have I seen such a tenderful of dust and sweepings.
2
The quantity that a tender (ship that functions as a mobile base) holds.
A dreary year for the Squadron, this 1819, when officers and men fell sick by the shipload and were sent home by the tenderful, when Lemon Valley Hospital was supplemented by the one at High Peak, when Court-Martials were held at the rate of one a fortnight, burials thrice a week, and surveys on foul provisions every other day!
The sea tossed and jostled Rose and a tenderful of Willies.
adj
1
tender; compassionate.
You needn't have been so tenderful. I'm going to put on wedding-robes myself, you know.
Fair eyes, from out whose azure pitiful A pleading glory shines through crystal dew; Sweet quivering lips that breathe a blessing new, In silent woe of love most tenderful.
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With a tenderful of splendid coal, 231 was going up like an engine possessed, exhaust ringing out clear in the frosty air and a great column of sparks shooting to the moonlit sky, while all down the c
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His complaint was more than justified, for seldom have I seen such a tenderful of dust and sweepings.
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In the course of describing several runs he mentioned one in which engine and train were brought to a dead stand at Seaton Junction in the down direction, with ten bogies (that might have been much wo
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You needn't have been so tenderful. I'm going to put on wedding-robes myself, you know.
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Fair eyes, from out whose azure pitiful A pleading glory shines through crystal dew; Sweet quivering lips that breathe a blessing new, In silent woe of love most tenderful.
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It sweetened and strengthened myself to feel The tenderful touch of thy thrillant palm;
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