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clumpful en · NOUN

Etymology

From clump + -ful.

Meanings

1. A quantity that makes up a clump.
   • Whinnying it went to a stand of sweet grass ang began pulling them out by the clumpful. 1978, Melanie V. Talag, The Sanchezes of Old Manila: A Historical Novel Set in the 1890's:
   • I ducked and slipped, but grabbed a clumpful of grass to stop myself. 1983, Mary Pope Osborne, Run, Run, As Fast As You Can, page 56:
   • She ground up against the bank on one side before mounting it on the other, removing whole clumpfuls of delicate wild flowers in the process. 2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home: 5,000 miles around the shores of England and Wales:
   • When Pinion or Linnora found a clumpful of suitable spruce twigs, they journeyed back and forth at two- or three-minute intervals. 1968, Les Whitten, Pinion, the golden eagle, page 102:

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