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plural fistfuls or fistsful
The amount that can be held in a closed fist. examples
(by extension) A small number of something. quotations examples
At Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, he survived to pilot Navy reconnaissance planes again and pick up a fistful of medals, from the Purple Heart to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
1967 June 9, “Nation: A Comer Arrives”, in Time
A blow with the fist. examples