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Pocketful   Listen
noun
Pocketful  n.  (pl. pocketfuls)  As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pocketful" Quotes from Famous Books



... that was and how sober Uncle looked as he let me in at three in the morning, all fagged out my dress in rags, my head aching, my feet so tired that I could hardly stand, and nothing to show for five hours' hard work but a pocketful of bonbons, artificial flowers, and tissue-paper fool's caps. Uncle said I'd better put one on and go to bed, for I looked as though I'd been to a French bal masque. I never want to hear him say so again, and I'll never let dawn catch me out ...
— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott

... he was, and standing on tip-toe by Peter's stocking. He began to fill it and emptied one of his pockets. "Really," said he, "this is a very capacious stocking." It was not full yet, and he emptied into it another pocketful. "This is remarkable!" said he, stopping in amazement, "it is as roomy as a meal-bag. What an extraordinary foot that ...
— Seven Little People and their Friends • Horace Elisha Scudder



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