They robbed a stage coach for a fistful of dollars.
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Fistful
//ˈfɪstˌfʊl//
Synonyms for "fistful" (3 found)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 20 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- ус noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Catalan
1 entries- punyat noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Danish
1 entries- håndfuld noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Esperanto
2 entries- manpleno noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- plenmano noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Galician
2 entries- presa noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- puñado noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Hungarian
1 entries- marék noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Ido
1 entries- pugnedo noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Irish
1 entries- lán doirn noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Italian
2 entries- manciata noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- pugno noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Latin
1 entries- pugillum noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- håndfull noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- neve noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آوج noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Polish
1 entries- garść noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Portuguese
1 entries- punhado noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- làn cròige noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Spanish
1 entries- puñado noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Swedish
3 entries- handfull noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- näve noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- nävfull noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Telugu
1 entries- గుప్పెడు noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Tày
1 entries- căm noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nắm noun (the amount that can be held in a closed fist)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
At Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, he survived to pilot Navy reconnaissance planes again and pick up a fistful of medals, from the Purple Heart to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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