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nieveful

nieveful noun: handful; fistful.

Noun

nieveful (plural nievefuls)

  1. (Scotland) handful; fistful
    • April 21, 1785, Robert Burns, epistle to J. Lapraik
      their worthless nievefu' o' a soul
    • Flesh and blood could not stand it, more especially when I thought on who had dared to presume to call me such; so, in a whirlwind of fury, I swept up two nievefuls of dominoes off the table, and made them flee into the bleezing fire […]1840, David Macbeth Moir, The life of Mansie Wauch: tailor in Dalkeith

Forms of nieveful

pluralnievefuls

Origin of nieveful

From nieve + -ful.

Questions about nieveful

What does nieveful mean?
Nieveful means handful; fistful.
What part of speech is nieveful?
Nieveful is a noun.
What is the plural of nieveful?
The plural of nieveful is nievefuls.

Words near nieveful in the dictionary

  1. Nieuwegein
  2. Nieuwkoop
  3. Nieva
  4. Nievas
  5. nieve
  6. nieveful
  7. nievefuls
  8. nieves
  9. Nieveses
  10. nievie-nievie-nick-nack
  11. nievitas

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