Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as a bag will hold, of whatever size: as, three bagfuls of wool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quantity that a bag will hold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An amount; the contents of one
full bag . - noun A
large assortment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity that a bag will hold
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Examples
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You can't beat freshly cooked mackerel and my gran used to souse the excess to snack on until I showed up with another bagful.
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It was easy to catch a carrier bagful in a couple of hours with just one baited hook and a small float.
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This was not any old crowd, where you could get to the front with sharp elbows and a bagful of attitude.
Royal wedding guest list: perplexing – and where was naughty Uncle Gary? 2011
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I just made lemon bars with a bagful of Meyer lemons from our neighbors.
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Within a few minutes, he came back with a bagful of liquor.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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A common response to a problem of this magnitude might be to donate some cash to a charity or to leave a bagful of staples -- rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, for example -- in the new bins for the hungry at the exit to your supermarket after you've done your own shopping.
Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens Diana Farr Louis 2012
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A common response to a problem of this magnitude might be to donate some cash to a charity or to leave a bagful of staples -- rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, for example -- in the new bins for the hungry at the exit to your supermarket after you've done your own shopping.
Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens Diana Farr Louis 2012
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A common response to a problem of this magnitude might be to donate some cash to a charity or to leave a bagful of staples -- rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, for example -- in the new bins for the hungry at the exit to your supermarket after you've done your own shopping.
Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens Diana Farr Louis 2012
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A common response to a problem of this magnitude might be to donate some cash to a charity or to leave a bagful of staples -- rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, for example -- in the new bins for the hungry at the exit to your supermarket after you've done your own shopping.
Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens Diana Farr Louis 2012
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Mary is no stickler for grooming, and Daniels requested that Mo'Nique skip shaving her underarms and eat chips by the bagful to encourage facial blemishes.
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