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Meanings of bagful in English

Portuguese
bolsa
Catalan
sac
Spanish
bolsa

The quantity that a bag will hold.

        bolsa
        Usage of bagful in English
        1
        So fare ye well, I wish you many a bagful of nuts!
        The Armourer's Prentices
        2
        They were reaching the office of the farmers' trading company by the bagful.
        Deep Furrows
        3
        He said Eliphalet Congdon had taken a bagful to pass on the unwary.
        Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
        4
        Add a bagful of live locusts -untreated by pesticides -and stir.
        The Irish Times
        5
        I have a bagful of jewels, larger than yours, and brighter.
        Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
        6
        You're going to get him, blab-mouth, mob-rule, mortification, and merry hell-thewhole bagful!
        The Ramrodders: A Novel
        7
        Hell, a screen door is worth a bagful of gold, fella!
        Swan Song
        8
        We know you've got a bagful of food in there.
        Swan Song
        9
        Then a hammer and a bagful of wooden pins were placed in his hands.
        Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
        10
        When the latter got back home he brought with him a bagful of promises.
        Deep Furrows
        11
        A big bagful, that I'm sure cost her a lot.
        Something wicked
        12
        Swann and Shahzad will have to bowl really badly not to get a bagful.
        The Guardian
        13
        He was quite certainly crazy as a bagful of badgers, and dangerous with it.
        Just another judgement day
        14
        This Cal Harris has one whole bagful of knowing tricks.
        The Settling of the Sage
        15
        What he wouldn't give for a bagful of bread crumbs.
        Shadow fall
        16
        Why should not a bagful of them take your place?
        The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
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        Translations for bagful
        Portuguese
        bolsa
        Catalan
        sacbossa
        Spanish
        bolsasaco
        Bagful through the time
        Bagful across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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