bagful
English
Etymology
From bag + -ful
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈbæɡfʊɫ]
Noun
bagful (plural bagfuls or bagsful)
- An amount; the contents of one full bag.
- She carried a bagful of groceries into the house.
- A large assortment.
- 1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Knopf, Part Two,
- They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […]
- The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.
- 1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Knopf, Part Two,
Synonyms
- (amount of one bag): bag, sackful
- (large assortment): oodles, quantity, stockpile, scads
Translations
amount
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