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Bucketful

Definitions

1
The quantity contained in a bucket.
"I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."
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2
A large quantity.
But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]
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abundance arseload assload

Word Origin

From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

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1
The quantity contained in a bucket.
"I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."
Similar
pailful
2
A large quantity.
But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]
Similar
abundance arseload assload

Word Origin

From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

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