sack·ful

[sak-fool]
noun, plural sack·fuls.
the amount a sack will hold.

Origin:
1475–85; sack1 + -ful


See -ful.
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sackful

noun
the quantity contained in a sack [syn: sack
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Sackful is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
The plane dumped a sackful of incendiary grenades into the acres of piled-up oil drums, and the fat was in the fire.
When some crackpot snaps and goes to campus with a sackful of guns and ammo, they are the next thing to invulnerable.
The savant therefore went to work, and when he left in the even- ing he took with him half a sackful of flints and bones.
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