sackful


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sackful

(ˈsækfʊl) or

sackload

n
the amount of something that a sack contains or could contain
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sackful - the quantity contained in a sack
sack
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
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Translations

sackful

[ˈsækfʊl] N → saco m, contenido m de un saco
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sackful

[ˈsækfʊl] n
a sackful of → un plein sac de, un sac de
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sackful

n → Sack m; two sackfuls of potatoes → zwei Sack Kartoffeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sackful

[ˈsækˌfʊl] n → sacco (pieno)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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McGregor emptied out a sackful of lawn mowings right upon the top of the sleeping Flopsy Bunnies!
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I had never heard the postmaster say anything but `Only papers, to-day,' or, `I've got a sackful of mail for ye,' until this afternoon.
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Hearing this the curate said, "I do believe that all this family of the Panzas are born with a sackful of proverbs in their insides, every one of them; I never saw one of them that does not pour them out at all times and on all occasions."
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Money could be made out of them, and he would wait and take a sackful of it into the South Seas.
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Saxon got a sackful of the fish, and was compelled to make two trips in order to carry them home, where she salted them down in a wooden washtubs
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