sackful

[ sak-foo l ]

/ ˈsæk fʊl /

the amount a sack will hold.

Origin of sackful

First recorded in 1475–85; sack¹ + -ful

See -ful.

Buy when they say you have to make your own bed they really mean it and hand you a sackful of straw.

His Royal Hayness |Tom Sykes |April 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The troll then gave the old man a sackful of money, and laden with this he betook himself homewards.

The Pink Fairy Book |Various
There may be five hundred such mills on one island, not capable any one of them of grinding above a sackful of corn at a time.

The Pirate |Sir Walter Scott
The youthful King David appeared with his sling and his sackful of pebbles.

The Devil's Elixir |E. T. A. Hoffmann

If you can contrive to take home a sackful of those stones, old man, you need no longer fear money troubles, eh?

The Adventures of Dick Maitland |Harry Collingwood
She went in and bought a sackful, and wandered on down the street, munching.

Cheerful--By Request |Edna Ferber