handfuls
noun
Meaning
- The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
- A hand's breadth; four inches.
- A small number, usually approximately five.
- A group or number of things; a bunch.
- Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
- A five-year prison sentence.
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