sackful

American  

[sak-fool] / ˈsæk fʊl /

noun

sackfuls plural

1. the amount a sack will hold.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sackfuls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sackful

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

Example Sentences

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sackful sackfuls

He’s a 73-year-old man, a grandfather, who throws hourly tantrums that would make a sackful of weasels look calm and centered.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2019

It has a sackful of bones to pick with the modern world as a whole.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019

Here, then, are a sackful of titles sure to make the season bright.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2016

But before either the gratitude or the barbs, there was simply puzzlement over the identity of a woman who had essentially walked in off the street with a sackful of cash.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2013

He was a smart old fellow and had a sackful of tricks.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

"But a lot of younger people wanted to be in the book… I was getting sackfuls of mail. I'm sure the local postman wondered what the hell was going on."

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2021

“It was only when they started receiving sackfuls of correspondence from school kids saying they loved it that we knew we were saved.”

From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020

A chocolate containing thyme oil has so far scored worst, generating "sackfuls of mail".

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2014

Dr. Pilley found himself visiting Salvation Army stores and buying up sackfuls of used children’s toys to serve as vocabulary items.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2011

At the produce market he stacked a pyramid of oranges on the top and kept two more sackfuls in the cabinet underneath.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago