English

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Etymology

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From flock +‎ -ful.

Noun

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flockful (plural flockfuls)

  1. The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).
    • 1971, Everett S. Allen, This Quiet Place: A Cape Cod Chronicle, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 250:
      A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it.