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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   As much as is held in one's claws or (expressively) in one's hand.

   "[The owls] made sly grips at my breast feathers, and carried off whole clawsful […]"

Example

More examples

"[The owls] made sly grips at my breast feathers, and carried off whole clawsful […]"

Etymology

From claw + -ful.

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