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basketful

[ bas-kit-fool, bah-skit- ]

noun

, plural bas·ket·fuls.
  1. a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
  2. any considerable quantity:

    a basketful of surprises.



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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of basketful1

First recorded in 1565–75; basket + -ful
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Example Sentences

I took her a basketful of fresh eggs, and she promised me some waffles and scrambled eggs.

He's just a basketful of festering, pestilent corruption, provided for the support and entertainment of microbes.

The two latter had gone down among the trees near the beach to get the last basketful of moss to complete the work of adornment.

Shame upon our ancestors—we'll gather them ourselves, and frank a whole basketful to Europe.

You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?

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