full boat

full boat
 n.— «Even the Bay Area’s most upscale ski specialist, Any Mountain, has been forced to lower prices on items it would have sold at full boat during previous years.» —“Ski Wars: The Prices is Right to Buy Equipment” by Ken Castle San Francisco Chronicle (California) Oct. 14, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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