barful

barful

(ˈbɑːfʊl)
adj
presenting difficulties or obstacles
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JOHN Dortmunder is a small-time New York crook with a barful of likeable friends and accomp lices and an impossible commission.
The suspicion that noting that queasiness to a barful of other Americans would inspire a suddenly realigned proboscis only adds to a sense that we are entering a post-September 11 twilight zone.
You may remember hearing about the 1983 pool table gang-rape that took place in front of a barful of witnesses in Massachusetts.