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armfuls

  • plural
    of armful.
    armful
    noun
    as much as a person can hold or carry in an arm or both arms.

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By 10 a.m., servers at the Geneva location were carrying in armfuls of coffee cups, bowls, serrated knives and silverware.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Big hauls of nominations don’t necessarily mean armfuls of trophies though.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024

Mall goers "were carrying a bag or two, not the armfuls that you would see in pre-pandemic years. They are not blowing the budget today."

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

Díaz looked on in dismay as people carried armfuls of goods out of a damaged store.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

She took a bath in a spring to wash away her tears, and a Great Spirit appeared to her with armfuls of sugarcane and rice.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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