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Definition of Pocketful
1. Noun. The quantity a pocket will hold.
Definition of Pocketful
1. n. As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.
Definition of Pocketful
1. Noun. the quantity that a pocket would typically hold ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pocketful
1. [n POCKETFULS or POCKETSFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocketful
Literary usage of Pocketful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The "A.L.A." Index An Index to General Literature, Biographical, Historical by William Isaac Fletcher, American Library Association (1914)
"Falkiner, pocketful, 119-25. Clapp, Théodore. Eliot, SA Heralds С. L. Stud, in
Irish hist. 101. Clarence, George, duke of. Fletcher, CRL Hist, portraits, ..."
2. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... Foreign Minister Criticises—Advantages of a Good Memory—Funny Adventure of a
Rustic Youth—A Strange pocketful—Putting Him at his Ease—Doleful Visage of ..."
3. Valentine's Manual of Old New Yorkby New York (N.Y.). Common Council by New York (N.Y.). Common Council (1916)
"It was not an unusual thing for him to visit a firm of jewelers in Maiden Lane
and leave their office with a pocketful of diamonds of the first water. ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"I must say—it is of no use blinking the matter—it is a very unequal fight between
a half-taught Native, with the prospect of a pocketful of gold, and, ..."
5. The Flight of Pony Baker: A Boy's Town Story by William Dean Howells (1902)
"... FRANK BAKER, HAD WITH A pocketful OF MONEY VERY likely Pony Baker would not
have tried to run off any more if it had not been for Jim Leonard. ..."
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