From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha handful of somethinga handful of somethingFEW/NOT MANYa very small number of people or things There were only a handful of people there. → handful
Examples from the Corpus
a handful of something• There's nothing to beat a handful of mushrooms in with a rabbit stew.• The license limit has prevented retail chains from selling alcoholic beverages at all but a handful of locations.• Lures: Get a handful of 4-and 5-inch plastic ocean lures.• What counts is having a handful of young that are exceptional.• Nanomachines could rearrange the atoms in a handful of dirt and produce bread or any other food.• With modest resources, the Agriculture Department is introducing the new technologies to growers in a handful of pilot projects nationwide.• All these packages have the three core applications, plus a handful of additional features.• However, there were a handful of occasions at Cely when her husband's restraining influence was very much a factor. 