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nostrilfuls

nostrilfuls is the plural of nostrilful.

Meaning of nostrilful

Noun

nostrilful (plural nostrilfuls or nostrilsful)

  1. The amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.
    • Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste.1969 February 15, “Angling: Cliff Parker says: It’s a wise salmon that knows its own father”, in The Birmingham Post, number 34,408, page III

Questions about nostrilfuls

What is nostrilfuls the plural of?
Nostrilfuls is the plural of nostrilful.

Words near nostrilfuls in the dictionary

  1. nostrify
  2. nostrifying
  3. nostril
  4. nostriled
  5. nostrilful
  6. nostrilfuls
  7. nostrility
  8. nostrilled
  9. nostrils
  10. nostrilsful
  11. nostrovia

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