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sackful

[ sak-fool ]

noun

, plural sack·fuls.
  1. the amount a sack will hold.


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sackful1

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

But over the last three decades, poachers have swept in and swept up every snail they could find — every sackful a fat payday.

If you still buy any of that, consider the Republicans in Congress, who are behaving like a sackful of trapped weasels over what should be a simple task: Picking which one of the indistinguishable MAGA-monsters gets to be speaker of the House.

From Salon

Consumers tossed money over the box-office transom by the sackful, creating one of the biggest box-office advances in memory.

“As for who will employ you, there is no such thing. Anyone can go and work and be paid by the results—so much for each sackful.”

And summer trips to the nearby Alabama River aren’t complete without a sackful of COBs.

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