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Definition of Sacksful
1. sackful [n] - See also: sackful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacksful
Literary usage of Sacksful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"The trial, •which lusted six days, occasioned such an excitement throughout the
country that the Norwich papers were published daily, and '«everal sacksful ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"Rare news for young people—whole sacksful of new fairy lore. Nicely illustrated
by Mr. Richard Doyle, who has lived a long time in Fairy Land, and knows all ..."
3. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1873)
"... had earned pardon and reward by bringing their comrades' heads in bloody
sacksful to the conquerors. These were the men who, when the Lords of the Pale, ..."
4. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1914)
"... the door of the ministerial chancellery was broken open, and three sacksful
of suspected diplomatic despatches were sent to Berlin for examination. ..."
5. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1888)
"Pardon and reward were offered to those who would kill their comrades, and the
bloody heads of noted leaders were brought in by sacksful to be paid for in ..."
6. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"... and, by way of explanation of our wishes, and in order to cut the matter short,
they emptied the three sacksful of boots and shoes upon the floor. ..."
7. The Antiquary (1871)
"... Florence Observer reports the seizure of some " sacksful " of antiquities
abstracted from Pompeii. They were being driven through the streets in a cart, ..."
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