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Definition of Netful
1. enough to fill a net [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Netful
Literary usage of Netful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review Gre (1867)
"... his " Popularity," starts with a different parable :— " I'll say—a fisher on
the sand By Tyre the old, with ocean plunder A netful brought to hand. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Suffice it to say that, taking an average netful of fishes of different kinds at
different places along the coast, the variation would be evident. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"We are glad that this very netful article of diet has been added to the now long
list of preserved articles of food. An enterprising company in New York ..."
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