capful
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Noun[edit]
capful (plural capfuls or capsful)
- The amount that will fit into a cap.
- (nautical) A light puff of wind.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, page 9:
- "I warrant you were frighted, wer'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?"
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182:
- " Last night, at sunset, there were plenty of the most respectable wind-clouds, but now there isn't a capful."
Translations[edit]
the amount that will fit into a cap
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