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handful

[ hand-fool ]

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noun

plural handfuls.

the quantity or amount that the hand can hold:
a handful of coins.
a small amount, number, or quantity:
a handful of men.
Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control:
The baby's tantrums made him a handful.

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Origin of handful¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English. See hand, -ful

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In the video, which he subsequently apologised for, he said the claims against him had come from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age".

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The star, 23, is now among only a handful of K-pop artists who have come out publicly.

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The procedure, with risks to both mother and child, has only been carried out a handful of times across the world.

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"I've come here this year with my game in the best shape it has been in and if I get my chances I could be a handful for anybody."

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A handful of children in the US have also survived this condition.

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