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cansful

cansful is the plural of canful.

Meaning of canful

Noun

canful (plural canfuls or cansful)

  1. As much as a can will hold.
    • Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. / I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair / That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. / Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not.1966, Seamus Heaney, Blackberry-Picking

Questions about cansful

What is cansful the plural of?
Cansful is the plural of canful.

Words near cansful in the dictionary

  1. Cansamada West
  2. Canseco
  3. Cansecos
  4. Cansfield
  5. Cansfields
  6. cansful
  7. Cansiboy
  8. Cansick
  9. Cansicks
  10. Cansilayan
  11. Cansino

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