Sawyer's Handful
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.
Being moody and obnoxious, Scott had only a sawyer's handful of friends.