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