A quantity suggestive of fewer than five, or a short handful.
Derived from the concept of a lumber-mill worker’s (sawyer’s) hand often missing a finger and so less able to hold as much as a whole hand.
Derived from the concept of a lumber-mill worker’s (sawyer’s) hand often missing a finger and so less able to hold as much as a whole hand.
by Bilham May 14, 2010