basketful

[ bas-kit-foo l, bah-skit- ]

/ ˈbæs kɪtˌfʊl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /

a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.

any considerable quantity: a basketful of surprises.

Origin of basketful

First recorded in 1565–75; basket + -ful

See -ful.

One peppercorn to-day is better than a basketful of pumpkins to-morrow.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala |Various
Jennie proceeded to open the basketful of supplies and the other bustled about getting all things properly placed.

A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays |Amy E. Blanchard
On the sixtieth evening Mem Loimis gave Kut a basketful of water for his uncle in the west.

Creation Myths of Primitive America |Jeremiah Curtin
She had gathered her basketful and was going through the wood about the hour of sunset.

The King of Ireland's Son |Padraic Colum

The "someone" was a little girl of about ten years old, who was trotting along with a basketful of school books on her arm.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 |Lucy Maud Montgomery