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    handful
    hand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/ noun
     Word Family: noun: hand, handful; adjective: underhand, handy; verb: hand; adverb: handily
    1. [countable] an amount that you can hold in your hand
        handful of
        The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
    2. a handful of something a very small number of people or things:
        There were only a handful of people there.
    3. be a handful informal someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control:
        She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.