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noun 
  1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. - Addison
  2. (obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
Quotations
  • Knap the tongs together about a from the bottom. - Bacon
    1. A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.
Quotations
  • This of men were tied to very hard duty. - Fuller
    1. Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
  • Those twins are a real to look after.
    Translations: 
    • French: poignée(fr)f
    • Spanish: (t, es, manojo, m), (t, es, puí±ado, m)
    Etymology: Anglo Saxon handfull.

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