sawyer's handful

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von sawyer's handful im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A quantity suggestive of fewer than five, or a short handful

He had only a sawyer’s handful of friends.

Silbentrennung

sawyer's hand·ful

Türkische aussprache

sôyırz händfûl

Aussprache

/ˈsôyərz ˈhandˌfo͝ol/ /ˈsɔːjɜrz ˈhændˌfʊl/

Etymologie

() Derived from the concept of a lumber-mill worker’s (sawyer’s) hand often missing a finger and so less able to hold as much as a whole hand.