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  • n  the quantity contained in a sack

  • Pasquignon Loubet, cousin of Emile Loubet, a former President of France, was caught in the act of substituting a sackful of prepared ballots for some being despatched for counting.
  • Two days later, the first order of 5,000 buttons had been exhausted, and requests were still arriving by the sackful.
  • Hunters start training with a sackful of house cats for practice treeing.
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  • Side Orders: Krystal wants cookbook recipes
    I’m so excited about a new cookbook due out next year that I want to make a Krystal run and bring home a sackful of burgers, a couple of cups of chili and some waffle fries to see what I can come up with to be included in Krystal’s “Cookbook of Southern Goodness.”
    Sept. 18, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Quotes

  • Bryan Appleyard in PC World
    Apple hates personality stuff and press intrusion. 'We want to discourage profiles', an Apple PR tells me stiffly, apparently unaware she is waving a sackful of red rags at a herd of bulls,Appleyard writes. "Another PR rings the editor of...
  • Shaun Murphy in Yahoo! Eurosport
    I've spent the summer working on my B-game. I've not made a century all week, but I'm through and semi-unscathed,Murphy added. "I must have a sackful [of centuries] in there somewhere waiting to come out. But it's about getting through and...
  • Marcello Lippi in Advertiser Adelaide
    I'm happy to have qualified and I'm particularly pleased for Zaccardo as the goal meant so much to him,said Italy coach Marcello Lippi. "I thought we deserved the victory for all our hard work. We created a sackful of chances and conceded...

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