Sleightful vs Sleighful - What's the difference?
sleightful | sleighful |
As much as a sleigh will hold.
* 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher):
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 18, author=Michelle Slatalla, title=Rooting Around Grandma’s Basement in Cyberspace, work=New York Times
, passage=By the end of December I was the delighted recipient of a sleighful of iced sugar cookies, bottles of Champagne and tiny Christmas tree ornaments (the one shaped like a bird was a regift, but still adorable). }}
As an adjective sleightful
is (obsolete) cunning; dexterous.As a noun sleighful is
as much as a sleigh will hold.sleighful
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Noun
(en noun)- Santa (soon driving his sleighful / Of presents and candy dollies and toys / For good little animals, good girls and boys)
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