Meaning of wristful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.
2. The amount that can be released by a movement of the wrist
3. The amount that can be taken from a wrist.

Examples

“His main customer is known as Rat, a lean, darting, reddish man with a sniff of what could be an Irish accent and a wristful of watches.”

“lt is as well to remember that most falls are forward and downward as far as hands are concerned — and nothing is more uncomfortable than a wristful of icy snow.”

“Each child begins with a wristful of rubber bands.”

“Every gesture of her hands flashed wristsful of sapphires”

“Kamila braided Tizzie's hair back, gave her wristfuls of bangles to wear and made up her eyes with kohl, and then she really did look different from her usual self.”

“He took a brisk wristful of whisky as she raised her glass, then looked at her with a curiously blank stare before breaking the silence.”

“Apparently there's only a couple of decent wrigglers in an entire wristful. For all the macho pride and posturing of us men, most sperm just simply aren't up to it.”

“Mopsus, is there purpose in the pulse one gathers wristful by wristful?”

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