zoofulhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooful_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooful, n.
First published 2017

zoofulnoun

  1. 1914–
    A quantity (of animals) that would fill a zoo; (in extended use) a large group (of people), often characterized as boisterous, noisy, etc.
    Stressed as ˈzooful.
    1. 1914
      A few of the Indians were apparently busy, but the great majority squatted in the sun, chattering like a zooful of monkeys.
      A. B. Spens, Winter in India 52
    2. 1974
      He's got a zooful of friends, too.
      S. King, Carrie (1975) 100
    3. 1991
      A school bus pulled up beside the schoolyard and disgorged a zooful of primary schoolers.
      D. Richler, Kicking Tomorrow vi. 100
    4. 2011
      Well-loved poet introduces a veritable zooful of real and imaginary animals.
      Times (Nexis) 15 October 32

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo, n.

zooful, n. was first published in 2017.