hamperful

Updated: May 24, 2025

Lastly, Ann Weatherbee, a neighbor, seated on the floor with her back against Mrs. Bancroft's knee, was sorting a large hamperful of silver spoons and crumpled napkins into various heaps. "There!" said Ann, presently. "I've finished the napkins or nearly! Tell me, whose are these, Aunt Nell?" Mrs. Bancroft reached a smooth hand for them and mused over the monograms. "B B B ?" she reflected.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby

Betty sat in her favorite seat, a low, three-legged cricket, on the side farthest from the fire in Clarissa's little morning-room; it was the day before Christmas, and Betty's fingers were busy tying evergreens into small bunches and wreaths. Of these a large hamperful stood at her elbow, and Peter was cutting away the smaller branches, with a face of importance.

Jeanie Gould Lincoln - An Unwilling Maid: Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American: Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott