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English
Etymology
From pocket + -ful.
Noun
pocketful (plural pocketsful or pocketfuls)
- The amount that a pocket would hold.
1978 December 9, George Mendenhall, “Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 1:White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets.
- (figurative) A small or moderate amount.
1986, Canada. Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Official Report: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.
2003, James Marshall, Pocketful of Nonsense:Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!
Translations
the quantity that a pocket would hold
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