Handbagful
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 As much as a handbag will hold.
"One morning, when I had been only two years in the service, news came that Mr. Comrie had been found dead in his library, and that about a handbagful of gems was missing."
Example
More examples"One morning, when I had been only two years in the service, news came that Mr. Comrie had been found dead in his library, and that about a handbagful of gems was missing."
Etymology
From handbag + -ful.
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