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- noun Plural form of
handful .
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Examples
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We pulled hair out in handfuls, and scratched and bit and gouged.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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She took up a collection of all our small change, and herself tossed it overside, singly and in handfuls, arranging the terms of the contests, chiding a miss, giving extra rewards to clever wins, in short, managing the whole exhibition.
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This was simple: The mate, Rigo, would grab handfuls from the live well, thump them against the transom to scramble their brains, then toss them into our wake.
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The important tip is to add water in handfuls and to keep stirring.
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Egypt, Arabia, Syria, etc. The old country custom is to pull up the corn by handfuls from the roots, leaving the land perfectly bare: hence the “plucking up” of Hebrew Holy Writ.
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Add the spinach in handfuls, stirring into the hot mixture, adding more broth as needed.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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And men already in the pale, ripened wheat reaping with sickles, cutting short little handfuls from the short straw.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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She took up a collection of all our small change, and herself tossed it overside, singly and in handfuls, arranging the terms of the contests, chiding a miss, giving extra rewards to clever wins, in short, managing the whole exhibition.
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She took up a collection of all our small change and herself tossed it overside, singly and in handfuls, arranging the terms of the contests, chiding a miss, giving extra rewards to clever wins; in short, managing the whole exhibition.
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We pulled hair out in handfuls, and scratched and bit and gouged.
Chapter VIII 1906
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