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English Dictionary: handful	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handful n a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" Synonym(s): handful, smattering the quantity that can be held in the hand Synonym(s): handful, fistful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handful \Hand"ful\, n.; pl. {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. 3. A small quantity. This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. {To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh.