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armful
/ ˈɑːmfʊl /
noun
- the amount that can be held by one or both arms
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Donella Pressley fled with her two young daughters, Cordelia and Elena, and an armful of family pictures just before a branch of the swelling river engulfed her house off Pisgah Drive.
One day, Thompson-Gaines opened her front door to find a woman standing on her porch with an armful of clothes.
Ave screamed, and we both relayed an armful of food back into my van.
One more armful of dead leaves, and the little workers will take the road home.
Mrs. Rewins brought up an armful of books which Michael examined dismally one by one.
After bringing an armful of the tea-plant, we made a trip to the moss-patch.
You wait until I get an armful of rocks and I'll beat some of their heads off!
That night, when the mess was sitting around after dinner, Tam appeared with a big armful of cigars.
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