sawyer's handful

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение sawyer's handful в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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

He had only a sawyer’s handful of friends.

Расстановка переносов

sawyer's hand·ful

Турецкое произношение

sôyırz händfûl

Произношение

/ˈsôyərz ˈhandˌfo͝ol/ /ˈsɔːjɜrz ˈhændˌfʊl/

Этимология

() 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.