"flatful" meaning in English

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          "text": "[S]he pointedly remarked that they had just moved to the city a month previous, that they were dissatisfied, and would return to Hoosierdom in June. I was completely taken in, and departed without making the assessment. However, when whole flatsful began to make similar explanations under similar circumstances, I awoke to the fact that I had been bluffed.",
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          "text": "When the first lot of cuttings has been taken from the flat clean out the flat, using new sand for the next lot; never use sand twice. It must not be supposed that all will go as swimmingly as it reads, as there is a disease that young cuttings, known as “cutting-bench fungus,” which sweeps whole flatfuls away in a single day.",
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          "text": "[P]lant the tubers in flatfuls of one of the above mixtures right after the pink sprouts have appeared.",
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          "text": "It is both irresponsible and greedy to dig up flatfuls of any wild plant. Take a little here and there, on level ground only, and always fill in the hole you’ve made with a generous pile of ground litter and leaves to prevent erosion and help the area restore itself.",
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