pocketful

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noun

The amount that a pocket would hold.

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Meanings

nounpocketful (plural pocketsful or pocketfuls)

plural pocketsful · plural pocketfuls

  1. The amount that a pocket would hold.

    White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets.

    1978 December 9, George Mendenhall, “Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 1
  2. figurativelyA small or moderate amount.

    Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!

    2003, James Marshall, Pocketful of Nonsense
    1 more example

    This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make.

    1986, Canada. Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Official Report

Origin

From pocket + -ful.

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Translations

Catalan butxacada
  • butxacadathe quantity that a pocket would hold
Irish lán póca
  • lán pócathe quantity that a pocket would hold
Italian tascata
  • tascatathe quantity that a pocket would hold
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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