sackful

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsæk.fʊl/ === Etymology 1 === From sack (“bag”) +‎ -ful. ==== Noun ==== sackful (plural sackfuls or sacksful) The amount a sack will contain. Synonym: sackload (figuratively) A large number or amount (of something). 1853, uncredited translators, German Popular Tales and Household Stories: Collected by the Brothers Grimm, New York: C.S. Francis, Volume I, 74. “The Fox and the Cat,” p. 381,[5] […] I understand a hundred arts, and have, moreover, a sackful of cunning! 1986, Hanif Kureishi, “Bradford” in Granta 20, Winter, 1986, p. 163,[7] He received sackfuls of hate mail and few letters of support. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From sack (verb) +‎ -ful. ==== Adjective ==== sackful (comparative more sackful, superlative most sackful) (obsolete) Intent on plunder.