hatful
nounEtymology From hat + -ful.
1
The amount that will fit into a hat.
- It was not quite enough time to tackle the wood-fired bathtub contraption, but it was plenty enough to motor up a long, winding hill to the north, where almost a year before we'd found hatfuls and shirtfuls of morel mushrooms with Erik's friend Breakfast.2013, Ben Hewitt, Saved: How I Quit Worrying about Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World:
2
Colloquial A large amount or number.
- a hatful of trouble
- a hatful of money