bottleful

American  

[bot-l-fool] / ˈbɒt lˌfʊl /

noun

plural

bottlefuls

1. the amount that a bottle can hold.

   drinking soda by the bottleful.

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Etymology

Origin of bottleful

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

Example Sentences

Reading those bits, and thousands like them, is like uncorking a bottleful of joy and pouring it over my head.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2015

And six-year-old Jackie Jenkins, with his bottleful of bugs and headful of lies, is as charming as he was in The Human Comedy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole bottleful was devoured at once as a sweetmeat, and the lad's life was rescued with difficulty because of intense nervous shock occasioned thereby.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Should you apprehend a relapse, keep a small bottleful about you, and on the slightest symptom repeat the dose.”

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

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.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James