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Definition of Panfuls
1. panful [n] - See also: panful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panfuls
Literary usage of Panfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"The aggregate value of the gold in three panfuls was about one dollar, which is
considered a large yield. ..."
2. Vincent's Semi-annual United States Register: A Work in which the Principal edited by Francis Vincent (1860)
"From one hundred panfuls of dirt Col. Herbert saw ten ounces of gold taken out.
... and packing the dirt all himself, except three panfuls of dirt that Col. ..."
3. Eldorado: Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire, Comprising a Voyage to by Bayard Taylor (1884)
"The day before my departure, Dr. Gillette washed out several panfuls of earth
from- the very top of the hills, and found it to contain abundance of fine ..."
4. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1888)
"... we weighed the gold extracted from the first washing of 50 panfuls of earth,
and found $75, or nearly five ounces of gold to be the result. ..."
5. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"... that gold could not be picked up in panfuls, either returned home, or pushed
still farther West towards California, founding on their way that ..."
6. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1895)
"The forenoon had been fine, and we had brought into camp nearly three hundred
trout; but before they were half dressed, or the first panfuls fried, ..."
7. Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with by Guy Carleton Lee (1900)
"I exclaimed; and I then washed five panfuls in succession, obtaining gold from
all but one. No further proof was necessary. To describe my feelings at that ..."
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