noun As much as a pocket can hold.
- The kids came home with a pocketful of seashells.
- He had barely a pocketful of coins left after the trip.
- White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets.
— George Mendenhall, Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting (1978)
noun A small or modest amount, used loosely.
- Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!
— James Marshall, Pocketful of Nonsense (2003)
- This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make.
— Canada. Parliament, House of Commons Debates (1986)
