Definitions

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  • noun As much as a net will hold.

Etymologies

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net +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • Bouillabaise, a fish soup in a zesty, tomatoey broth comes from Marseilles and is traditionally made with a netful of fish from the Mediterranean, shellfish to sea bass.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • Bouillabaise, a fish soup in a zesty, tomatoey broth comes from Marseilles and is traditionally made with a netful of fish from the Mediterranean, shellfish to sea bass.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • The reporters were doing a fair impression of sharks shoving their way into a netful of bleeding tuna parts.

    License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001

  • The DP faithful were treated to a 15-minute video documenting the DP's "Fight Back" campaign on a massive screen looming over the sometime tennis court, while lasers played the DP's logo on to the ceiling and a netful of balloons were dropped from the rafters.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Instead its talons swiped through the netful of people, without effect.

    Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993

  • He looked at her oddly then took the skewered shrimp and the netful from her.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • He looked at her oddly then took the skewered shrimp and the netful from her.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • Through the lens Sharpe could see the carbines slung on their shoulders, and on each horse there was an obscene lump behind the stirrup where the rider had strapped a netful of forage for his mount.

    Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981

  • Through the lens Sharpe could see the carbines slung on their shoulders, and on each horse there was an obscene lump behind the stirrup where the rider had strapped a netful of forage for his mount.

    Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981

  • Hauls in a netful every time she opens her mouth, and, some mouth!

    Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928

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