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Definition of Armfuls
1. armful [n] - See also: armful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armfuls
Literary usage of Armfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rand-McNally Primary Arithmetic: Principles and Processes Derived by by Edwin Crawford Hewett (1896)
"John has carried in three armfuls of wood. How many more armfuls must he carry
in to have five armfuls of wood carried in? Ned's father has five cows. ..."
2. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... and before sunrise, in the gray of the morning, we had to wade off, nearly up
to our hips in water, to load the skiff with the wood by armfuls. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1884)
"Utah, for counting armfuls of wood or grass. ram, for counting clubs or sticks.
... or other sewed articles. hah, for counting armfuls of woods, sticks, ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1848)
"... we have been sitting down to-day in company with ' huge armfuls' of books ...
part with the intense delight of having you (huge armfuls) in my embrace ? ..."
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