twigful

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noun

As much as a twig will hold.

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Meanings

nountwigful (plural twigfuls)

plural twigfuls

  1. As much as a twig will hold.

    Broad shading elms and sugar maples kept foothold there, spreading sun-traced shadows or holding twigfuls of snow.

    1947, Ethel McCrossin Orr, Evelyn T. Holston, Reading Today (book 1, page 52)
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    We had never seen anything like it and we had presence of mind to save several twigfuls of leaves, which proved to be the right food.

    1950, Animal Kingdom, volumes 53-55, page 117

Origin

From twig + -ful.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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