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pocketful en · NOUN

Etymology

From pocket + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that a pocket would hold.
   • White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets. 1978 December 9, George Mendenhall, “Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 1:
2. (figuratively) A small or moderate amount.
   • Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems! 2003, James Marshall, Pocketful of Nonsense:
   • This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make. 1986, Canada. Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Official Report:

Forms

Translations (5)

it tascata (the quantity that a pocket would hold) · ca butxacada (the quantity that a pocket would hold) · nrf paûtée (the quantity that a pocket would hold) · ga lán póca (the quantity that a pocket would hold) · nrf pouch'tée (the quantity that a pocket would hold)