nieveful

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noun

handful; fistful

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

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Meanings

nounnieveful (plural nievefuls)

plural nievefuls

  1. Scotlandhandful; fistful

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

    1 more example

    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 […]

    1840, David Macbeth Moir, The life of Mansie Wauch: tailor in Dalkeith

Origin

From nieve + -ful.

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APA

nieveful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nieveful

MLA

“nieveful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nieveful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nieveful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nieveful.

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