bagful
the contents of or amount held by a bag: three bagfuls of groceries.
the quantity required to fill a bag.
a considerable amount: He has a bagful of clever ideas.
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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.
Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America | Condé Nast Traveler | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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. ParkmanI would give you a great bagful if you could kill the snake which comes every night and steals my cattle.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodDen she come paradin home wid a bagful ob cash kase she tryin fer ter help we-all.
Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. JacksonAnd 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
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