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hatful::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| Type of | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity |
| Has types | haymow, inundation, torrent, deluge, flood |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | containerful |
Examples of hatful
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The only pitch with significant turn was Adelaide and he took a hatful of wickets.
From the guardian.co.uk
They missed a hatful of chances, with Fernando Torres particularly wasteful.
From the independent.co.uk
In those two games, you created a hatful of chances, and on the whole, defended well.
From the guardian.co.uk
He recalled fighting a towering white man in a Pittsburgh stockyard for a hatful of money.
From the post-gazette.com
Even if you can't see it, she can list a hatful of qualities that make you the one for her.
From the him.uk.msn.com
If your batsmen score a hatful of runs in the first innings, your team can control the game.
From the economist.com
Without belittling Foster's superb performance, on another day they could have got a hatful.
From the expressandstar.com
We will be bowling last on this pitch which should give Swann every reason to take a hatful.
From the guardian.co.uk
We have been threatening to score a hatful of goals in a game a few times so I'm glad we did.
From the edp24.co.uk
- Batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- As many or as much as a hat will hold
