Definitions
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- noun the quantity contained in a bin
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Examples
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He did not want to see it, for he would rather have had the point on his tail again than to eat a whole binful of cheese.
Among the Farmyard People Clara Dillingham Pierson
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She bent down to look at the binful of yellow pollen; but it only appeared dusky.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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She bent down to look at the binful of yellow pollen; but it only appeared dusky.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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There's a whole binful of the 'Drowsy Drop' dollars, and
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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He sells nothing else, and has not only a pile of them on the counter, but a binful at the back of his shop.
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Would honest Jack have drunk a binful I would have treated him; and, to say truth, Jack's sympathy was large in this case, and it had been generous all day.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Mrs Strauss said she now aims to throw out just one binful of rubbish in the whole of 2009.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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JVC and other companies are working on TV sets that can switch between the usual 2-D display and a 3-D display meant to be seen with plain old polarized glasses - the kind of glasses that come by the binful at theme-park 3-D theaters.
Cosmic Log 2009
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Would honest Jack have drunk a binful I would have treated him; and, to say truth, Jack’s sympathy was large in this case, and it had been generous all day.
The Virginians 2006
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(mcachicagostore. org) where one in the "on" position (it lasts at least 24 hours) instantly draws the eye to a binful of the sparklers.
unknown title 2009
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