bushful

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English

Etymology

bush +‎ -ful

Noun

bushful (plural bushfuls)

  1. As much as a bush holds.
    • 1884, Ambrose Bierce, A Tough Tussle:
      What caused the breaking of that twig? — what the low, alarmed twittering in that bushful of birds?
    • 2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home:
      The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed.
    • 2019, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain:
      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.