English edit

Etymology edit

From van +‎ -ful.

Noun edit

vanful (plural vanfuls or vansful)

  1. As much as a van will hold.
    • 2007, Fine Books & Collections[1], page 23:
      At Thornton’s request, the firm of Dominic Winter hauled a couple of vansful of books directly from the library.
    • 2007 March 25, Jesse Green, “Theater’s Alive With the Sound of Laptops”, in New York Times[2]:
      For one thing, they are cheaper and more compact than older systems, which required a vanful of equipment and a dedicated tech nerd and cost thousands of dollars a week to rent.

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