Meaning of shirtful | Babel Free

Definitions

As much as is within, on, or held by a shirt.

Examples

“I watched him until he disappeared from view⟳, and then thought I would open⟳ up the treasure I had buried and deposit⟳ some of the shirtful which he had so kindly given me after I had robbed him.”

“Cabrini Project kids bail it back with their hands, soak⟳ up shirtsful.”

“Calvin lays the shirtful of skunk on the ground and holds it with his foot.”

“It was not quite enough time to tackle the wood-fired bathtub contraption, but it was plenty enough to motor up a long, winding hill to the north, where almost a year before we'd found hatfuls and shirtfuls of morel mushrooms with Erik's friend Breakfast.”

“Holy Moses, Mr. Reilly, but you had a narrow escape⟳, Devil a man in the barony can handle⟳ a cudgel as I can, and it was a miracle, and you may thank⟳ his lordship here for it that you hadn't a shirtful of sore bones.”

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