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Definition of Forkfuls
1. forkful [n] - See also: forkful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forkfuls
Literary usage of Forkfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"In some instances four or five men are required to pitch the forkfuls from one
to another, which is always a very tedious and expensive way to convey hay to ..."
2. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Charles Asbury Stephens (1922)
"With the elder heaving up great forkfuls and grandmother Ruth valiantly ...
Jim tried to place his forkfuls where they need not be moved and where the girls ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The hay is thrown in forkfuls on at the bottom, a pony-gear causes the web to
revolve, and the hay is carried in an almost continuous stream up the elevator ..."
4. Vermont Beautiful by Wallace Nutting (1922)
"How the men leaped to it, hurling on huge forkfuls! How they tumbled it into the
mows and rushed forth again, a race against nature! ..."
5. Highways and Byways of the Great Lakes by Clifton Johnson (1911)
"In order to show him how, I got over into the pen and threw out a couple of forkfuls.
Then the Dutchman threw out two forkfuls and handed back the fork. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"Stable manure should be applied only in early spring, never in midsummer, and a
light dressing, not to exceed six large forkfuls, is the maximum amount that ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The hay is thrown in forkfuls on at the bottom, a pony-gear causes the web to
revolve, and the hay is carried in an almost continuous stream up the elevator ..."
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