barful

English

Etymology

bar +‎ -ful

Adjective

barful (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Full of obstructions.

Noun

barful (plural barfuls)

  1. Enough people to fill a bar.
    • 1999, Salon It's not funny November
      by the time he figured out that he would not have been required to stand and salute even if "Molly Malone" were the Irish national anthem, he already had a barful of drunken farmers laughing their Guinness-soaked heads off at him.
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