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phoneful

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English

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Etymology

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From phone +‎ -ful.

Noun

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phoneful (plural phonefuls or phonesful)

  1. A quantity loaded onto a phone.
    • 2002, David Fox, Roman Verhovsek, Micro Java Game Development, →ISBN, page 148:
      Business folk can walk around a convention center and automatically collect a phoneful of business cards and even product brochures.
    • 2013, Debbie McGowan, Double Six, →ISBN:
      She wasn't gone that long really, not for a 'photographer', and time flies when you've got a phoneful of social networks to keep you entertained, so when she emerged triumphantly half an hour later, her three companions didn't even notice.
    • 2018 May 9, Kenny Schachter, “Kenny Schachter Gets Hot and Bothered at the Ironically Titled Frieze New York”, in Art Times:
      I was tempted to walk up and down with a few phonefuls of JPEGs at the ready.