handful

n.	1.	As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
	2.	A hand's breadth; four inches. Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. - Bacon.
	3.	A small quantity or number. This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. - Fuller.
	4.	A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful. To have one's handful to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. - Sir. W. Raleigh.

Noun	1.	handful - a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" Synonyms: smattering
	2.	handful - the quantity that can be held in the hand Synonyms: fistful

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