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Jap (iou) and handful (oh)


Jap (iou)



Jap noun & adjective. colloq. (derog. & offensive). L19.
[Abbreviation.]
= Japanese.
Jap silk arch. = Japanese silk s.v. Japanese adjective.

handful (oh)



[C] an amount that you can hold in your hand
handful of
ĦĦThe boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
a handful of sth
a very small number of people or things
ĦĦThere were only a handful of people there.
be a handful
informal someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control
ĦĦShe's a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.