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Definition of Hatfuls
1. hatful [n] - See also: hatful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatfuls
Literary usage of Hatfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1920)
"But soon after he has cut the ration to two hatfuls Charley sits down on the
track, indifferent to the gadfly and all the beatings, till they compromise on ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"This is our wassail, our jolly wassail, And joy go with our jolly wassail.
And a little heap in under the stairs. hatfuls, capfuls, dree basket, basketfuls, ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"hatfuls, capfuls, dree basket, basketfuls, And a little heap in under the stairs.
... The chorus is repeated after each verse, and the " hatfuls, ..."
4. The Whole Works of John Bunyan by John Bunyan, George Offor (1862)
"No, it was not his trade that did it, though he had a pretty trade too. lie had
another way to get money, and that hy hatfuls and pocket- fids at a timo. ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"When under one of the largest trees the spokesman of the party recited these
words— " Here's to the old apple tree, Bear to me apples free ; hatfuls, ..."
6. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"... the money contained in his treasury was divided without being counted, and
measured out in hatfuls. But Charles the Bold learned nothing by adversity ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Syrens, in the singular modern form of publishers waving vou on with hatfuls of
money, are as hostile as the old Syrens to the melodious Nine. ..."
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