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to the gunwales

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to the gunwales (old-fashioned)

if something is filled to the gunwales, it is very full. The room was packed to the gunwales with food and crates of wine.

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The submarine was withdrawing toward the north, but all the time it was shelling the open boats, three of them, loaded to the gunwales with survivors. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context There were various stores, bolts of canvas, coils of rope; the poop looked like a marine bazaar, and the boats were lumbered to the gunwales. Youth: A Narrative by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

References in classic literature

The submarine was withdrawing toward the north, but all the time it was shelling the open boats, three of them, loaded to the gunwales with survivors.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

There were various stores, bolts of canvas, coils of rope; the poop looked like a marine bazaar, and the boats were lumbered to the gunwales.

Youth: A Narrative by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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