handful

handful is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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