'To have one's handful' definitions:
Definition of 'To have one's handful'
From: GCIDE
- handful \hand"ful\ (h[a^]nd"f[.u]l), n.; pl. handfuls (h[a^]nd"f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.]
- 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small quantity or number. [1913 Webster]
- This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful. [PJC]
- To have one's handful, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To have one's handful'
- on one hand,
- on the one hand,
- one-handed,
- In one's hand,
- In one's hands,
- Off one's hands,
- On one's hands,
- To fall into one's hands,
- To get one's hand in,
- To have one's hands full,
- To keep one's hand in,
- To lie on one's hands,
- To make one's hand,
- To stand one in hand,
- To turn one's hand to,
- keep one's hands off,
- wash one's hands,
- To lay hands on one's self,
- To have the cards in one's own hands,
- To lay violent hands on one's self