clumpful
nounEtymology From clump + -ful.
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A quantity that makes up a clump.
- When Pinion or Linnora found a clumpful of suitable spruce twigs, they journeyed back and forth at two- or three-minute intervals.1968, Les Whitten, Pinion, the golden eagle, page 102:
- Whinnying it went to a stand of sweet grass ang began pulling them out by the clumpful.1978, Melanie V. Talag, The Sanchezes of Old Manila: A Historical Novel Set in the 1890's:
2 more examples
- I ducked and slipped, but grabbed a clumpful of grass to stop myself.1983, Mary Pope Osborne, Run, Run, As Fast As You Can, page 56:
- She ground up against the bank on one side before mounting it on the other, removing whole clumpfuls of delicate wild flowers in the process.2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home: 5,000 miles around the shores of England and Wales: