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sackful

American  
[sak-fool] / ˈsæk fʊl /

noun

plural

sackfuls

  1. the amount a sack will hold.

Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of sackful

First recorded in 1475–85; sack 1 + -ful

Example Sentences

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A story very like this occurs in A Sackful of Newes, 1673.

From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew

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