gainful

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The train was a freight, for which the girls were grateful, as they were spared the embarrassment of a trainful of passengers crowding around.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Penrose, Margaret

They were loaded with hose, and were passing to the trainful of workers who were converting Prospect Park into an airship dock.

From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

To at least half of an average trainful of people, strong odors of one kind or another are disagreeable if not actually nauseating.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

Another trainful of people had arrived from Milan!

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

I met him again at the Art Conference at Liverpool, when a trainful of artists of all ranks went down together, and some notable attacks were made on the Royal Academy.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell