cropful
adj 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
unseen
CROPFUL + NOUN
doors
PREP.
out
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adj
1
Having a full crop (belly); satiated.
Through the high wood echoing shrill: Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Sometime walking, not unseen, And cropful out of doors he slings
noun
1
Enough to fill the crop of a bird.
They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.
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Through the high wood echoing shrill: Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Sometime walking, not unseen, And cropful out of doors he slings
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They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.
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