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  • noun Plural form of handful.

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Examples

  • We pulled hair out in handfuls, and scratched and bit and gouged.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • 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.

    Under the Deck Awnings 2010

  • 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.

    Baja: Fishing's Final Frontier 2008

  • The important tip is to add water in handfuls and to keep stirring.

    Fluffy Uppumavu (Upma) « Salt and Pepper. 2008

  • 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.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Add the spinach in handfuls, stirring into the hot mixture, adding more broth as needed.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • And men already in the pale, ripened wheat reaping with sickles, cutting short little handfuls from the short straw.

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • 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.

    Under the Deck Awnings 1913

  • 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.

    Under The Deck-Awnings 1910

  • We pulled hair out in handfuls, and scratched and bit and gouged.

    Chapter VIII 1906

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