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Definition of Netfuls
1. netful [n] - See also: netful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Netfuls
Literary usage of Netfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"Sumptuary laws limited its use within auch strait limits that had here not been
the usual discrepancy be- netfuls of the valuable mollusc would have ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"I am sure that I have taken better netfuls than this both in the Irish Sea and
on the West of Scotland. In order to get another case on different ground, ..."
3. Two Bird-lovers in Mexico by William Beebe (1905)
"Last of all came several netfuls of new-born calves, their legs dangling helplessly
through the meshes, protesting with shrill, infantile bleats at this ..."
4. Life of Adam Smith by John Rae (1895)
"... and the rude wharf was the resort of idlers, watching the fishermen on the
opposite side cast for salmon, and draw up netfuls on the green bank. ..."
5. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"netfuls of cork shavings or old corks kept at different parts of the upper deck,
are most useful while bathing ; the men are encouraged to " take the water ..."
6. On the Way to Bethlehem by William Allen Knight (1912)
"... he rather suddenly gave the whole road to a train of mouthing, sweating camels
that came striding in gaunt line laden with huge netfuls of earthenware. ..."
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