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bagful

noun

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Pronunciation: [ˈbæɡfʊɫ]

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bage-ful, bage full, baggeful, bagg-ful; equivalent to bag + -ful.

  1. The amount that fills a bag.

    She carried a bagful of groceries into the house.

  2. A large assortment.

    The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.

    They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […]

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