sackful

[US]/'sækfʊl/
[UK]/'sæk'fʊl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large quantity that fills a sack
Word Forms
Pluralsackfuls

Phrases & Collocations

sackful of gifts

Example Sentences

a sackful of rice.

a sackful of potatoes

to receive a sackful of gifts

a sackful of money

to carry a sackful of books

a sackful of toys

to bring a sackful of groceries

a sackful of clothes

to deliver a sackful of letters

a sackful of grain

to buy a sackful of flour

Real-world Examples

I am master of a hundred arts, and have into the bargain a sackful of cunning.

Source: Grimm's Fairy Tales (Part 2)

Tiger Dan staggered away with another sackful.

Source: 05 Five Go Off in a Caravan

When we got home, Ma was out in the stable with a sackful of sugar smoothing him down and doing it mighty well, too.

Source: Gone with the Wind

While she and Benjamin were talking, close under the wall, they heard a heavy tread above their heads; and suddenly Mr. McGregor emptied out a sackful of lawn mowings right upon the top of the sleeping Flopsy Bunnies!

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

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