chock full
Adjective
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Adjective
chock full
- (informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.
- That article is chock-full of errors
- 1741, George E. Nitzsche, The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society, pages 251:
- The pages of the diary are chock full of fascinating reports of medical incidents of all sorts.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Bradbury and Evans, pages 565:
- "Chock full o' science," said the radiant Captain, "as ever he was!"
- French: plein à craquer, bourré
- German: voller, voll bis zum Rand
- Italian: satollo, pieno zeppo
- Russian: битко́м наби́тый
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