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Definition of Bagsful
1. bagful [n] - See also: bagful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bagsful
Literary usage of Bagsful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Be a Good Boy: Good-bye, and Other Back Home Poems by John Lincoln Shroy (1906)
"It seems, years ago,—so the story is told,— A man wanted bagsful of silver and gold.
... Nick called on the man, spoke of bagsful of gold; This ease-loving ..."
2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1841)
"... blowpipes, guns, and traps of different sorts, is wonderful. Every gunner
brings them home by bagsful, and the markets are supplied with them ..."
3. Poet Lore (1907)
"... how many bagsful it loved her. King's daughter, in Northern-folk-tale, how
much did you love your father ? Baby made us her farewell prettily — pulita ..."
4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... large and strong enough to exterminate the Indians and then pack out the gold
by bagsful on the backs of mules. This and similar stories getting afloat, ..."
5. Law and Lawyers in Literature by Irving Browne (1882)
"... and a bringing in of great heaps and piles, and bags and bagsful, of papers.
"I think it came on ' for further directions,' — about some bill of costs, ..."
6. The Daughter of Jorio: A Pastoral Tragedy by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1907)
"'Quaranta,' whispered baby in a wee voice, hiding its head in her neck, already
taught to say how many bagsful it loved her. ..."
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