Definition of wall-to-wall
1 : covering the entire floor
wall-to-wall carpeting
2a : covering or filling one entire space or time
a party crammed with wall-to-wall bodies
b : occurring or found everywhere : ubiquitous
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The first known use of wall-to-wall was in 1946
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