"breastful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breastfuls [plural], breastsful [plural]
Etymology: From breast + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|breast|ful|pos=noun}} breast + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|breastsful}} breastful (plural breastfuls or breastsful)
  1. The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
    Sense id: en-breastful-en-noun-6brojlyo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And again he inhaled a prodigious breastful of the mountain air. \"",
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