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mineful
noun 2
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3ADJ.
colored
MINEFUL + NOUN
salt, treasure, water
PREP.
with
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noun
1
An amount sufficient to fill a mine.
The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of the Virgin of Cobre.
2
A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.
Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure, A goblet, that's full to the brim,
I had taken all this with a mineful of salt and had not been calling Violet more often.
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The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of th
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Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure, A goblet, that's full to the brim,
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I had taken all this with a mineful of salt and had not been calling Violet more often.
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