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bushful en · NOUN

Etymology

From bush + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as a bush holds.
   • What caused the breaking of that twig? — what the low, alarmed twittering in that bushful of birds? 1884, Ambrose Bierce, A Tough Tussle:
   • He rooted in the ground for pale grubs and tore at bee trees for honey and ate huckleberries by the bushful and was happy and strong. 2019, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain:
   • The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed. 2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home:

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