basketfuln.
As much as fills a basket; also figurative.
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1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden 49 Laye downe Basketfull by Basketfull till the bedde be all couered.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 53 Whole basket fulls of heads..presented to Jehu.
1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 34 We are to pay the expenses of a basketfull of disgraceful wars.
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