Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The amount that a fist can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A handful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
amount that can be held in a closedfist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity that can be held in the hand
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Examples
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From www. roughtrade.com, it's called fistful of credits, was released on the 9th of june and is described as an "extremely limited meeting of manchester underground minds. the a side sees skam/vvm artist mild man jan applying skam ish production to mark e smiths vocals. limited to 500 copies"
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Get a 'fistful' of information on that 'rosy' subject.
The Freak Network I'm going to Kill You! 2010
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I heard Kate cry out in pain as her captor grabbed a fistful of her hair, pulling her head sideways, exposing her neck.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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He will want to go on and stop another sap that will shove a fistful of money at him.
distance in miles from EaglePassTexas to San Miguel de Allende 2009
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Just in time to get hit with a fistful of crazy by Chuck Grassley, it seems.
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I heard Kate cry out in pain as her captor grabbed a fistful of her hair, pulling her head sideways, exposing her neck.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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He will want to go on and stop another sap that will shove a fistful of money at him.
distance in miles from EaglePassTexas to San Miguel de Allende 2009
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Unsurprisingly, ousted NoW staff took her promises with a fistful of salt.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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The strategy appears to be in play in the DRM proceeding, with only a fistful of corporate or think thank names appearing among the 700 current submissions.
Boing Boing 2009
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He grabbed a fistful of her sleeve and twisted it.
Locomotion Carol Reid 2011
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