basketfuls
- plural of basketful.
Example Sentences
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Men heap basketfuls of human knowledge and spiritual endeavor onto a smoking fire, while in the background classical columns, arches and pediments define the surrounding architecture as distinctly of the Renaissance.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
There were two basketfuls of charcoal and at least half another scattered over the floor.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
I caught many basketfuls of sai-sai and put them out in the sun.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Men might be seen throwing down basketfuls of food before the snouts of the worshipful pigs, and at the same time calling the attention of the ancestral spirits to the meritorious deed.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
A few basketfuls would afford subsistence to all the party for a day or more.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
