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clawfuls

clawfuls is the plural of clawful.

Meaning of clawful

Noun

clawful (plural clawfuls or clawsful)

  1. As much as is held in one's claws or (expressively) in one's hand.
    • [The owls] made sly grips at my breast feathers, and carried off whole clawsful […]1866, James Greenwood, Reminiscences of a Raven, page 117

Questions about clawfuls

What is clawfuls the plural of?
Clawfuls is the plural of clawful.

Words near clawfuls in the dictionary

  1. clawfeet
  2. clawfoot
  3. clawfooted
  4. clawfrog
  5. clawful
  6. clawfuls
  7. clawhammer
  8. clawhammer coat
  9. clawhammer coats
  10. clawhammers
  11. clawhand

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