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handbagsful

handbagsful is the plural of handbagful.

Meaning of handbagful

Noun

handbagful (plural handbagsful)

  1. As much as a handbag will hold.
    • One morning, when I had been only two years in the service, news came that Mr. Comrie had been found dead in his library, and that about a handbagful of gems was missing.1895 March, Charles Edwardes, “The Comrie Case”, in Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, volume XXXIX, number 3, page 354, column 2

Questions about handbagsful

What is handbagsful the plural of?
Handbagsful is the plural of handbagful.

Words near handbagsful in the dictionary

  1. handbaggy
  2. handbagless
  3. handbags
  4. handbags at dawn
  5. handbags at ten paces
  6. handbagsful
  7. handbake
  8. handbalance
  9. handbalancer
  10. handbalances
  11. handbalancing

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