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handful
[ hand-fool ]
noun
- the quantity or amount that the hand can hold:
a handful of coins.
- a small amount, number, or quantity:
a handful of men.
- Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control:
The baby's tantrums made him a handful.
handful
/ ˈ³óæ²Ô»å´ÚÊŠ±ô /
noun
- the amount or number that can be held in the hand
- a small number or quantity
- informal.a person or thing difficult to manage or control
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Example Sentences
A handful of other Australian territories were also hit by the new tariffs, in addition to the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, the Falkland Islands and The British Indian Ocean Territory.
In all but a handful of cases, the lethal dose was delivered by a doctor or nurse, which is also known as voluntary euthanasia.
This may explain how a handful of homeowner groups put the kibosh on a 16-mile above-ground rail line across the west San Fernando Valley back in the early 1990s.
"So imagine what we could do with a whole handful across Wales."
A few strategically placed boats, a handful of divers and a couple of on-land sabotage teams could send the world into a vicious tailspin.
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