valiseful

English

Etymology

valise +‎ -ful

Noun

valiseful (plural valisefuls)

1. A quantity contained in a valise.
   • 1913, O. Henry, The four million, page 199:

     I saw you collar the late president's valiseful of boodle.

   • 1943, Sidney Joseph Perelman, The dream department, page 167:

     If that advertisement is any indication, a few valisefuls of these gadgets would make Gautama Buddha look like a prairie evangelist.

   • 2010, Robert Goddard, Take No Farewell, page 28:

     It was there, on a day of raw greyness contrasting sharply with my previous visit to Hereford, that I made my way for tea at the appointed time, clutching a valiseful of perspective views and floor plans for the new house.

   • 2011, Glenway Wescott, Apartment in Athens:

     He was a sad gruff little man; but he had a valiseful of medicines, and he impressed her with his air of science, and she liked him.