pitchforkful

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noun

The amount that a pitchfork holds.

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Meanings

nounpitchforkful (plural pitchforkfuls or pitchforksful)

plural pitchforkfuls · plural pitchforksful

  1. The amount that a pitchfork holds.

    If you clean it out as other people do, ten pitchforksful will come in for every one you throw out.

    1889, “The Master-maid”, in Andrew Lang, editor, The Blue Fairy Book, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York, page 121

Origin

From pitchfork + -ful.

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APA

pitchforkful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitchforkful

MLA

“pitchforkful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitchforkful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pitchforkful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitchforkful.

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