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Meaning of nieveful | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

handful; fistful

Scotland

Examples

“April 21, 1785, Robert Burns, epistle to J. Lapraik their worthless nievefu' o' a soul”

“Flesh and blood could not stand it, more especially when I thought on who had dared to presume to call me such; so, in a whirlwind of fury, I swept up two nievefuls of dominoes off the table, and made them flee into the bleezing fire […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

nieves nievie-nievie-nick-nack nievitas nievling Nièvre Niezgoda