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Definition of Fistfuls
1. fistful [n] - See also: fistful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fistfuls
Literary usage of Fistfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knights of Columbus in Peace and War by Maurice Francis Egan, John James Bright Kennedy (1920)
"CHAPTER II MORE fistfuls OF FRIENDSHIP WHILE more picturesque work was done in
practically every department, the Knights of Columbus never, anywhere, ..."
2. To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1997)
"This is why a man's body equals one thousand fistfuls of earth when he dies.
If at the end of his life he is too big, he will have diarrhea and his body ..."
3. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"For us, of course, it has become a thousand fistfuls, for us it is countless
fistfuls, but for God it is only a single handful. Within the scope of God's ..."
4. The Wolf-cub: A Novel of Spain by Patrick Casey, Terence Casey (1918)
"They crammed fistfuls of food into their mouths and gulped the whole fistfuls
almost without chewing. They ate without wait for words or breath, ravenously, ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"... waving fistfuls of money in the air, in celebration of the recent raise in
Army pay; the cover headline, in letters an inch high, was "Why We Fight," ..."
6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
""Great fistfuls of E, and then you have to consume two pounds of candy necklaces
at an after-hours orgy." "Not really," Natalie said, sotto voce. ..."
7. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal Historyby Charles Gross by Charles Gross (1890)
"... as one meaning of the word, the miller taking so many fistfuls per sack as
his grinding fee. ..."
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