English

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Etymology

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From face +‎ -ful.

Noun

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faceful (plural facefuls)

  1. An amount that fills or covers the face.
    • 2006, Noel Perrin, Terry Osborne, Best person rural: essays of a sometime farmer, page 81:
      Because l didn't dare take either hand off the wheel, I did get a few facefuls of snow, passing under hemlocks with especially low-drooped branches, but that was a cheap price for getting the tractor safely out.