[f. TOWN sb. + -FUL.] As many as a town contains or will contain.
1855. Motley, Dutch Rep., IV. iv. (1866), 617. Had they not slaughtered unarmed human beings by townfuls, at the word of command?
1894. Westm. Gaz., 18 June, 7/2. There were in the country not only junkers but big townfuls of poorly-paid working people, whose lives depended on a cheap loaf.