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Meanings of double handful in English

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Usage of double handful in English
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Billy slung out a double handful of square dice and said, Hah!
Side Jobs
2
She caught up a double handful and crammed them on the fire.
Widdershins
3
I've got two apples and a double handful of black walnut kernels.
The Golden Bird
4
He bent over and picked up a double handful of wet snow.
Ghost Story
5
The boy lifted out a double handful of dirt upon the big spade.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
6
The Indians sell these blankets for a double handful of coffee and sugar.
Three Years on the Plains: Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
7
A double handful of enormous purple hornets burst from its surface.
Palimpsest
8
She had a double handful of plastic sheeting in her fingers.
Cibola Burn
9
He dropped a double handful of rubies, sapphires and diamonds at Barber's feet.
Space Prison
10
And yet here I am, with a double handful of nothing to prove it.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
11
Lucy held up a double handful of grenades, and smiled.
Ghosts of Onyx
12
To form the balls, take up a large double handful and press firmly together.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
13
Scooping up a double handful of the mould, we capture a little red-backed salamander.
The Hills of Hingham
14
Jedra scooped up a double handful and drank it all.
The darkness before the dawn
15
Then, taking a double handful of water, he dashed it into his sister's face.
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
16
I can count a double handful more, twenty-three years.
The Shelters of Stone
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common