pitchforkful

English

Etymology

Pitchfork +‎ -ful.

Noun

pitchforkful (plural pitchforkfuls or pitchforksful)

1. the amount that a pitchfork holds
   • 1889, “The Master-maid”, in Andrew Lang, editor, The Blue Fairy Book, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York, page 121:

     If you clean it out as other people do, ten pitchforksful will come in for every one you throw out.