Definitions
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- noun As much as a
net will hold.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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The reporters were doing a fair impression of sharks shoving their way into a netful of bleeding tuna parts.
License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001
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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.
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Instead its talons swiped through the netful of people, without effect.
Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993
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He looked at her oddly then took the skewered shrimp and the netful from her.
The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987
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He looked at her oddly then took the skewered shrimp and the netful from her.
The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987
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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
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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
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Hauls in a netful every time she opens her mouth, and, some mouth!
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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