Noun : a toy chest; a jewelry chest. ,a chest of spices. ,a medicine chest. From Dictionary.com.
General rank and a chestful of U.S. service ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
Lavim drew in a chestful of air and let it out in a gusty sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Stormblade]
He has a chestful of medals and a record of real bravery and achievement. From Wordnik.com. [President Remarks At Stamp Unveiling] Reference
They burnt a monastery in the plain and ransacked a chestful of correspondence. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
A chestful of medals helps ward off implications you are an ivory tower techno dweeb. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2004] Reference
She sighed deeply, bracing herself with a mouthful of wine and a chestful of oxygen before continuing. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Authority]
He also displayed a chestful of medals he never earned, including two Purple Hearts and five Legion of. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
And we're going to have a big chestful of goodies to sell to all these countries in exchange for a vote. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2003] Reference
I'm still a little self conscious over wearing nothing but a pair of shorts, tennis shoes and a chestful of electrodes. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
He takes a chestful of mortar shrapnel for that, gets a Silver Star and a Purple Heart -- oh, and rejoins his unit the same day. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2004] Reference
How soon before we see this strutting nonentity in a faux-military uniform resplendent with gold braid and a chestful of self-awarded decorations?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
With a chestful of medals and rings of gold braid marching up his sleeve, he was becoming a leader that others -- even ringknockers -- had to defer to. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter Of Honor] Reference
She doubted that she could trick Cypress into swallowing a chestful of oil vapor again, but neither would it take such a huge explosion to destroy his new body. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Not only did he attain his majority, but gathered a perfect chestful of decorations, including all the common varieties and several which leave civilians guessing. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919] Reference
Until then, we offer this chestful of journalistic treasures and doubloons, lovingly selected by Martin Vander Weyerfrom the Aladdin's cave of the magazine's past. From Wordnik.com. [Introducing the 180th anniversary issue] Reference
Moore, who flew 200 combat missions in Vietnam and has a chestful of medals, is proudest of something called the Admiral Stockdale Award for Inspiration in Leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Did Saddam Blink?] Reference
Raimberge's was at the opposite end of the corridor, with a chestful of trousseau, a spinning wheel, and whatever else pertained to a young girl of shabby-genteel birth. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
On the front page of the Rural Oneida Star was a photo of Mazurowski wearing a chestful of combat decorations, an enlisted surface warfare qualification pin and a Fleet Marine Force pin. From Wordnik.com. [BRIAN MAZUROSKI] Reference
My younger reading was full of Diane Wynne-Jones and Ursula le Guin, whose writing set me up with a whole chestful of memes I could later draw on, and showed me that fantasy needn't be about cliches. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky (Interviewed by Liviu Suciu)] Reference
Sir Bramble was the longest-serving Member of Parliament who, although well into his eighties, still carried a sardonic smile and a chestful of medals for gallantry from ancient wars fought in his youth. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Man who faked chestful of military medals sentenced to a year in jail. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Financial News] Reference
Listen in to a chestful of stories, music and news in the Ulster Scots tongue. From Wordnik.com. [BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content] Reference
A chestful of stories, music, news and craic on the home of the Ulster Scots tongue. From Wordnik.com. [BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content] Reference
He earned a chestful of medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster. From Wordnik.com. [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference
A second -- half a second longer, and I should have shipped a mouthful, perhaps a chestful of water. From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
There are many costly gifts from outland kings, good weapons by the chestful, and other priceless chattels. From Wordnik.com. [The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III.] Reference
My neighbour has a chestful of firecrackers and if by chance one day it caught fire, I fear for my home as well. From Wordnik.com. [In My Father's Footsteps] Reference
He had gathered up a whole chestful of Cliff-Dweller relics which he meant to take back to Germany with him some day. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Lark] Reference
Amenche did not disembark until after nightfall, but Roger's first care after landing was to purchase a chestful of garments, fit for. From Wordnik.com. [By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico] Reference
He showed me a whole chestful of Writings at his Lodgings -- which were very mean -- and declared that he had invented a perfect and particular System, which he called the Astronomical Terrestrial Cabala. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
"He is a treasure," said Bradley; "but your cook is a whole chestful of treasures. From Wordnik.com. [Paste Jewels] Reference
The Bre’n gulped a chestful of the stifling air and followed, whistling minor-key curses. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
A chestful of his father's, and used to read them frequently, by way of grateful change to his hearers. From Wordnik.com. [Poetical Works] Reference
“Tight, but one chestful of dollars should cover his immediate needs, and we’ll get those to him inside forty-eight hours. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman on the March]
First for food it ground a chestful, 420. From Wordnik.com. [Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes] Reference
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