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Meanings of hatful in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
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(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

      montão
      Usage of hatful in English
      1
      He returned presently and deposited a hatful of nuts in her lap.
      The Grey Cloak
      2
      If Rubin keep defending like that Barça will have a hatful tonight.
      The Guardian
      3
      The sorely afflicted animal licked his lips, and looked up for another hatful.
      Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
      4
      One could buy a hatful of Koh-i-Noors with the same money, no doubt.
      The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
      5
      So on this day, when Joe appeared with a hatful, there was excitement.
      On Our Selection
      6
      Six hundred and fifty miles on a hatful of provisions.
      The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
      7
      Take a hatful of pine shavings and remove the hat.
      Skiddoo!
      8
      So he picked up one hatful, and told Mr. Woodchuck to carry the other.
      The Tale of Peter Mink / Sleepy-Time Tales
      9
      The reference to Mr Ahern's remarks lay deep in a veritable hatful of chuckles.
      The Irish Times
      10
      Also a hatful of money was to be made of this job, managed snugly.
      Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
      11
      It only needs a hatful of rumours to set Jerusalemites at one another's throats.
      Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
      12
      Come up, boys, and get each a hatful of dollars.
      The Rules of the Game
      13
      Come down off your art perch, Carry, and let's land that hatful of dollars.
      Cabbages and Kings
      14
      Has had a hatful of enemies, among them are such members of the Police Dept.
      The new yorker
      15
      They were nearly always in control without creating a hatful of chances, yet they still
      The Irish Times
      16
      Cardinal Ranulf might as well have asked for the moon or a hatful of stars.
      Hood
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