Pocketful

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that a pocket would hold.

    "White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets."

  2. 2
    the quantity a pocket will hold wordnet
  3. 3
    A small or moderate amount. figuratively

    "This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make."

Example

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"It will cost you only a pocketful of change."

Etymology

From pocket + -ful.

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