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ˈbasketful
[see -ful.]
As much as fills a basket; also fig.
1574R. Scot Hop Gard. 49 Laye downe Basketfull by Basketfull till the bedde be all couered. a1656Bp. Hall in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xlvi. 8 Whole basketfuls of heads..presented to Jehu. 1841Gen. Thompson Exerc. (1842) VI. 34 We are to pay the expenses of a basketfull of disgraceful wars. |