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pocketfuls

pocketfuls is the plural of pocketful.

Meaning of pocketful

Noun

pocketful (plural pocketsful or pocketfuls)

  1. The amount that a pocket would hold.
    • White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets.1978 December 9, George Mendenhall, “Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 1
  2. (figuratively) A small or moderate amount.
    • This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make.1986, Canada. Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Official Report

Synonyms of pocketfuls

Questions about pocketfuls

What is pocketfuls the plural of?
Pocketfuls is the plural of pocketful.

Words near pocketfuls in the dictionary

  1. pocketed
  2. pocketed up
  3. pocketer
  4. pocketers
  5. pocketful
  6. pocketfuls
  7. pockethandkerchief
  8. pockethandkerchiefs
  9. pockethandkerchieves
  10. pocketing
  11. pocketing up

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