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Definition of Basketsful
1. basketful [n] - See also: basketful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basketsful
Literary usage of Basketsful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1899)
"... such abundance during the autumn that basketsful of them can easily be gathered.
Those who wish to preserve these plants in the herbarium, or for 108. ..."
2. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (1907)
"Eight or ten large basketsful of boiled plantains were first distributed amongst
... with two basketsful of cooked meat, for he had killed an ox on purpose. ..."
3. Principles and Portraits by Cyrus Augustus Bartol (1880)
"Titian in heaven, he thought, might say to Allston, " You had something of what
I had ; " and Allston would answer, '' But you had so much, basketsful and ..."
4. The Boy's Country-book: Being the Real Life of a Country Boy by William Howitt (1841)
"... used to be to us to scamper all amongst them, and gather in basketsful—fragrant
basketsful, and carry them home, and sit all round under the old cherry ..."
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