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holefuls

holefuls is the plural of holeful.

Meaning of holeful

Noun

holeful (plural holefuls or holesful)

  1. As much as fills a hole.
    • At this very instant while she was recalling a lifetime of work, Mr. Greenleaf was loitering in the woods and Mrs. Greenleaf was probably flat on the ground, asleep over her holeful of clippings.1956, Flannery O'Connor, “Greenleaf”, in The Kenyon Review, volume 18, number 3, page 408

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Questions about holefuls

What is holefuls the plural of?
Holefuls is the plural of holeful.

Words near holefuls in the dictionary

  1. Holechek
  2. holed
  3. holed out
  4. holed up
  5. holeful
  6. holefuls
  7. holei
  8. holeless
  9. holelessness
  10. holelike
  11. Holeman

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