Talk:have one's handful

Walter Raleigh?

• c. 1603, Walter Raleigh, Apology for the Voyage to Guiana: They had their handful to defend themselves from firing.

However, someone has moved this to the "hands full" form since it seems to have appeared in print in both versions. Equinox ◑ 08:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)