sawyer's handful

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Definition of sawyer's handful in English English dictionary

A quantity suggestive of fewer than five, or a short handful

He had only a sawyer’s handful of friends.

Hyphenation

sawyer's hand·ful

Turkish pronunciation

sôyırz händfûl

Pronunciation

/ˈsôyərz ˈhandˌfo͝ol/ /ˈsɔːjɜrz ˈhændˌfʊl/

Etymology

() Derived from the concept of a lumber-mill worker’s (sawyer’s) hand often missing a finger and so less able to hold as much as a whole hand.