stringful

English

Etymology

string +‎ -ful

Noun

stringful (plural stringfuls or stringsful)

1. A set of objects tied to a string.

   a stringful of fish

   • 1900 April 6, “Local Notes”, in The Galesburg Enterprise‎^[1], volume XIV, number 40, Gakesburg, Kan.:

     Fish are begining^[sic] to bite, we noticed several nice stringsful this week.

   • 1934 May 10, Ben Courter, “Jersey Trout Anglers Come Into Own as May Days Bring Insect Hatch as Effective Lure”, in Evening Courier, volume 50, number 293, Camden, N.J., page thirty:

     So roach were taken by the stringsful.

   • 1943 August 31, “55,000 Fish Rescued From Ponds Formed Along River During Flood”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 69, number 104, St. Louis, Mo., page 3A:

     Dragging stringsful of tasty fish out of the ponds kept the neighborhood kids occupied for about nine weeks, but conservation officials felt it only fair to put the fish back in a less muddy environment.

   • 1945 March 2, Izaak Walton Scribe, “Comments On Hunting and Fishing”, in Washington Citizen, volume XXXX, number 40, Washington, Mo., page six:

     We have caught many fine stringsful in that manner.

   • 1948 October 21, “Heard …”, in The Madill Record, volume XL, number 17, Madill, Okla., page 1:

     That Roosevelt bridge fishing is getting back to its strong normal again: they’re bringing ’em by in by stringsful . . . . .

   • 1951 October 11, Mary Willbanks, “A Trip to Florida”, in The Southern Democrat‎^[2], volume LVIII, number 1, Oneonta, Ala.:

     In Florida the people catch fish, not just stringsful, but big tubs full.

   • 1960 April 17, “Wetting a Line; With Little Willy”, in Chattanooga Sunday Times, volume XCI, number 125, Chattanooga, Tenn., pages 54 and 59:

     A. B. Cooper said quite a few fine catches had come by the Sportsman’s Drive-In with Monroe Romans and O. M. Prince having whopping stringsful.

   • 1963 May 4, “Enterprise — Clarion Sports”, in The Bastrop Clarion, eighty-seventh year, number 8, Bastrop, La., page 8:

     FOUR BIG — catches of bream have been reported by these champion fishermen, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rushing who have stacked up big stringsful of fish at Bussey for the past week.

   • 1964, Hesba Fay Brinsmead, Pastures of the Blue Crane:

     It would be better not to try to compete with Rose and her gala stringsful of bright colour.

   • 1970 October 4, Paula Cronin, “St. Vincent - roller coaster island that deserves exploring”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 198, number 96, pages A—27:

     We saw: —Donkeys laden with large men (bare feet scraping the road), baled grass (donkey’s dinner), stringsfuls of children, ground crops burlap-bagged for market.

   • 1978 July 16, Ruth Heckathorn, “Face painting favorite of kids”, in Decatur Sunday Herald and Review, volume 48, Decatur, Ill., page 3:

     Clumps of kids clamor to compete at practically all the booths fashioned from stacked Prairie Farms bottle carriers and stringsful of balloons.