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bagful

[ bag-fool ]

noun

, plural bag·fuls.
  1. the contents of or amount held by a bag:

    three bagfuls of groceries.

  2. the quantity required to fill a bag.
  3. a considerable amount:

    He has a bagful of clever ideas.



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Spelling Note

See -ful.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bagful1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; bag, -ful

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Example Sentences

We left the springs with a bagful of colorful rocks and one more story to tell.

He reached home some days later with an empty pocket and an empty stomach, but with a bagful of books.

I would give you a great bagful if you could kill the snake which comes every night and steals my cattle.

Den she come paradin home wid a bagful ob cash kase she tryin fer ter help we-all.

And my foot with all the bones rattling about like a bagful of dice where the trail of the gun went across it.

One—two—three—four—five—six—seven—eight—nine—that makes a big hole in that bagful, doesn't it?

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