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clawsful

clawsful 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 clawsful

What is clawsful the plural of?
Clawsful is the plural of clawful.

Words near clawsful in the dictionary

  1. clawmarks
  2. claws
  3. claws away
  4. claws back
  5. claws off
  6. clawsful
  7. clawsome
  8. Clawson
  9. Clawson point
  10. Clawson, Hose and Harby
  11. Clawsons

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