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palmload
noun 3
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4ADJ.
right
VERB + PALMLOAD
gathered, wiped
PALMLOAD + NOUN
beans, blood, cocoa
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
A handful
2
The amount of something which can be held in one's palm of their hand.
With the whiskbroom of his left hand he gathered a right palmload of cocoa beans , took it outside for assaying , and saw a handful of gravel . There could be no mistake . Bob had definitely said cocoa . The words were not similar .
3
A lot
He wiped away a palmload of blood, looked at it unbelievingly, and then smeared it on his shirt. Now cars were coming from both directions—Motton and Chester's Mill. Three running figures, as yet still small, were cutting across the[…]
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With the whiskbroom of his left hand he gathered a right palmload of cocoa beans , took it outside for assaying , and saw a handful of gravel . There could be no mistake . Bob had definitely said coco
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He wiped away a palmload of blood, looked at it unbelievingly, and then smeared it on his shirt. Now cars were coming from both directions—Motton and Chester's Mill. Three running figures, as yet stil
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