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- noun Plural form of
apronful .
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Examples
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Dragging herself about on her knees between the grave-stones, she gathered apronfuls of juicy verdure on which her pets fell greedily.
La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871
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She carried three apronfuls to the top of a hill, hence called St. Agnes 'Beacon.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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