bottleful

[ bot-l-fool ]

noun

, plural bot·tle·fuls.

1. the amount that a bottle can hold:

   drinking soda by the bottleful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottleful¹

First recorded in 1860–65; bottle ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

On one occasion he brought with him a bottleful of horse-leeches which he had gathered in a neighbouring pool.

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They went on, and she went not far before she told him to give her a meal, and he gave her the bread and the bottleful.

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He ordered strong measures to be taken at once, hot applications, and a bottleful of chalk, with opium in large quantities.

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He gave his master a bottleful from the jug, replacing what he had taken out by water.

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Anne Kearns has the lumbago for which she rubs on Lourdes water, given her by a lady who got a bottleful from a passionist father.

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