Dictionary

bagful en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈbæɡfʊɫ] (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English bage-ful, bage full, baggeful, bagg-ful; equivalent to bag + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that fills a bag.
   • She carried a bagful of groceries into the house.
2. A large assortment.
   • They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […] 1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints):
   • The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.

Forms

Synonyms

sackful (amount of one bag) · bag (amount of one bag) · oodles (large assortment) · scads (large assortment) · quantity (large assortment) · stockpile (large assortment)

Translations (6)

fi kassillinen (amount) · ga lán mála (amount) · ca sacada (amount) · cy cydaid (amount) · fi repullinen (amount) · fi säkillinen (amount)