handful

  1. Noun.  As much as the hand will grasp or contain. - Joseph Addison.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
  3. Noun.  A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.
  4. Noun.  Something which can only be managed with difficulty.

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