bagful

[ bag-fool ]

noun,plural bag·fuls.
  1. the contents of or amount held by a bag: three bagfuls of groceries.

  2. the quantity required to fill a bag.

  1. a considerable amount: He has a bagful of clever ideas.

Origin of bagful

1
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at bag, -ful

usage note For bagful

See -ful.

Words Nearby bagful

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How to use bagful in a sentence

  • We left the springs with a bagful of colorful rocks and one more story to tell.

  • He reached home some days later with an empty pocket and an empty stomach, but with a bagful of books.

    Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. Parkman
  • I would give you a great bagful if you could kill the snake which comes every night and steals my cattle.

    Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • Den she come paradin home wid a bagful ob cash kase she tryin fer ter help we-all.

    Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. Jackson
  • And my foot with all the bones rattling about like a bagful of dice where the trail of the gun went across it.

    The Mystery of Cloomber | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • One—two—three—four—five—six—seven—eight—nine—that makes a big hole in that bagful, doesn't it?

    At the Little Brown House | Ruth Alberta Brown