From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfistfulfist‧ful /ˈfɪstfʊl/ noun [countable] AMOUNTan amount that is as much as you can hold in your handfistful of a child clutching a fistful of toffees
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fistful• What he fails to add is that nowadays information is as leaky as a fistful of sand.• One had to take a fistful of money to buy a few things at the market.• Finally I seized his scruff, took a fistful of fur.• Armed with a fistful of papers you now have to join the queue to fetch the elusive gadget.• I fetched another fistful of miniatures and spent the rest of the flight telling her about my philosophy.• The impact caused my fistfuls of weed to rip off the rock with a sickening, slimy, ripping sound.• Every time I tried to pull myself up, my fistfuls of rockweed ripped out.fistful of• a fistful of cash 