bagful

noun bag·ful \ ˈbag-ˌfu̇l \

|Updated on: 2 Jul 2018

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Definition of bagful

1 : as much or as many as a bag will hold

2 : a large number or amount

had a bagful of tricks

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Examples of bagful in a Sentence

She always has a bagful of stories.

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Go heavy on the garnishes: Slice a bagful of lemons into wheels and wedges and grab a few bunches of fresh herbs.

— marian bull, GQ, "—Peter Meehan, Author Of An Upcoming Barbecue Book And Former Editor Of," 27 June 2018
In short, crisply readable chapters, Greenblatt limns a bagful of Shakespeare’s tyrants.

— alex beam, BostonGlobe.com, "Stephen Greenblatt’s ‘Tyrant’ joins this year’s crop of hate reads," 2 May 2018
The evidence discovered along the way was presented, one plastic bagful at a time, before jurors in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, Day 3 in the trial of the man accused of setting off the bomb on Sept. 17, 2016, Ahmad Khan Rahimi.

— michael wilson, New York Times, "Agents Recall Meticulous Sweep for Scraps After Chelsea Bombing," 4 Oct. 2017
Several farms sold freshly picked peaches by the bagful.

— dennis hohenberger, Courant Community, "Farmers Market Hosts Peach Festival," 23 Aug. 2017
Because of this, savvy Southerners freeze bagfuls or preserve the fruit whole or as jam.

— jill warren lucas, charlotteobserver, "Southern Living deemed her cake cookbook ‘essential.’ How about her fruit cookbook?," 8 Aug. 2017
If pills cost 50 cents in Congo but $5,000 in New York City, there's a very strong incentive to jump on a plane in Congo with a bagful and resell them in New York.

— lawrence lessig, WIRED, "Stop Making Pills Political Prisoners," 1 Feb. 2004
Taralli (breadsticks) were stored by the gallon bagful in her oversized GE freezer in her house or in the annex freezer, a 60 year-old monster that's probably still chugging away in the back pantry, too heavy to bother moving.

— chris morocco, Bon Appetit, "My Love For the Freezer Knows No Bounds," 26 Apr. 2017

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