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handful |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handful \Hand"ful\, n.; pl {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. 3. A small quantity. This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. {To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do [Obs.] They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: handful n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" [syn: {smattering}] 2: the quantity that can be held in the hand [syn: {fistful}]
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