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handful
[ hand-fool ]
noun
- the quantity or amount that the hand can hold:
a handful of coins.
- a small amount, number, or quantity:
a handful of men.
- Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control:
The baby's tantrums made him a handful.
handful
/ ˈhændfʊl /
noun
- the amount or number that can be held in the hand
- a small number or quantity
- informal.a person or thing difficult to manage or control
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Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.
Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.
With only a handful of great directors between the two videos, Fourgrounds can keep this going for years.
Still, a handful of centuries-old establishments have survived and housed some pretty phenomenal history.
The Finches have made no small point of the fact that Meredith is one of only a handful of women to ever write Wonder Woman.
He fumbled under his overcoat for loose silver, drew out a handful and paid off the taximan.
Severely wounded, with a handful of followers, he fought his way through a column of the enemy and reached the bank of the Elster.
Soon Antler arose and laid down her load; and breaking a handful of branches, she hurried over the drifts and met the Cave-men.
But they are a mere handful, quite insignificant, kept alive mainly by the Most and Peukert feud.
It's a nuisance just at present, when I am so busy with Asturian affairs and the king is such a handful to hold.
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