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Definition of Bagfuls
1. bagful [n] - See also: bagful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bagfuls
Literary usage of Bagfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"he brought home two large bagfuls of stuff—Bernard Malamud, The Magic Barrel,
1958 The plural of these words has long been a puzzle to the public. ..."
2. Concrete Inspection: A Manual of Information and Instructions for Inspectors by Charles Shattuck Hill (1909)
"Paper bags are sometimes used in place of cloth bags, the paper breaking open
when soaked, so that the separate bagfuls arc cemented into one mass. ..."
3. The Bible of Nature ; Or, The Principles of Secularism: A Contribution to by Felix Leopold Oswald (1888)
"... to pay three bagfuls of yam-roots for a common pocket- knife, delivered two
bagfuls (all his canoe would hold) before the evening of the next day, ..."
4. The Franklin Advanced Third Reader by Loomis Joseph Campbell (1880)
"Can you tell any difference in meaning between " ten bagfuls " and " ten bags
full" 1 Can you think of any other means by which the elephant might have been ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"... capfuls, dree-bushel bagfuls. Hurrah ! hurrah ! " accompanied by the reports
of the guns. They then drank the cider and ate the sop, taking good care to ..."
6. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"... a German merchant of San José, made the first shipment of the article, sending
the first bagfuls of this valuable produce to Chile. ..."
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