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单词 sawyer's handful
释义

sawyer's handful

English

Etymology

Derived from the concept of a lumber-mill worker's (sawyer's) hand often missing a finger and so less able to hold as much as a whole hand.

Noun

sawyer's handful (plural sawyer's handfuls)

  1. A quantity suggestive of fewer than five, or a short handful.
    He had only a sawyer's handful of friends.
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