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  • noun As much as a paw can hold.

Etymologies

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paw +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • You sit and think about how far you can fling a pawful of crap.

    Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds 2008

  • I wuld hayt to hav to giv this big pawful uv CHOKLIT to sum uther kitteh if yoo wuz ded . . .

    ok u caught me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • We also watched chipmunks effortlessly climb onto our feeders and scoop millet out of the bottom and into their little mouths by the pawful, a situation we (hopefully) remedied by buying a new feeder pole the squirrels and chipmunks cannot climb.

    Settling In 2006

  • We also watched chipmunks effortlessly climb onto our feeders and scoop millet out of the bottom and into their little mouths by the pawful, a situation we (hopefully) remedied by buying a new feeder pole the squirrels and chipmunks cannot climb.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • The first sentence of Bradford's original post was "Intelligent Design is about sneaking ID into public schools." chunkdz: It's a shame you monkeys can't resist the urge to grab a handful anytime you see the letters I and D together in a sentence … You sit and think about how far you can fling a pawful of crap.

    The Memory Hole 2005

  • He stuffed a second pawful of earth into his mouth.

    Reiffeins Choice 2006

  • I'm logging back into AIM, turning on a techno feed in winamp, sitting here in the dark waiting for the latest pawful of pills to take effect.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2006

  • Dedran was revealed with a smug Prauo still draped across him, a pawful of wickedly extended claws at the ready.

    Beast Master's Circus Norton, Andre 2004

  • At the moment I've got a Jamba Juice that Becca brought for me - yes, she's wonderful - and a pawful of mp3s playing softly.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2004

  • So the mouse's journal, poetry and story fragments, just got a pawful of updates ... old stuff, things from other 'sites that I've not yet archived here ... and one entry that I can't lay claim to but that I felt needed to be shared regardless.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2004

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