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- noun An
amount that can be or is held by afinger .
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Examples
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Walking up through the woods on my way back, I put my hand on a kissing gate and got a fingerful of black birdshit, which was nice.
Word of the day: grim « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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I could have eaten a whole bowl of it by the fingerful, but I resisted.
Archive 2010-01-01 Gumbo Lily 2010
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BTW, my best celebrity encounter: I wiped a fingerful of sweat off of Andre the Giant.
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I could have eaten a whole bowl of it by the fingerful, but I resisted.
Almond Croissants... Gumbo Lily 2010
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Tas scooped a fingerful of foam from the top of one of the mugs and guided it into his mouth.
Stalling 2010
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He thought he'd be cute so he swiped his finger into the frosting and ate the fingerful of Crisco thinking it was frosting.
Pastry Pranks 2010
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No wonder some of the "umbrella organizations" over Neighborhood Councils get scant participation from all but a fingerful of NC members citywide.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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She's eating it one fingerful at a time and just said she's saving the cherry.
Cupcake kid cuteness 2008
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Typing the name out was a bit of a fingerful, but the acronym JCME was a breeze and both the long and short versions sounded good aloud.
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Rosemary snatched the little jar, scooped out a fingerful of the stuff, smeared it on her throat, and exhaled in relief.
Shadow Hunters Christie Golden 2007
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