bucketful
[buhk-it-foo l]
- the amount that a bucket can hold: a bucketful of water.
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Origin of bucketful
Usage note
See -ful.
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Examples from the Web for bucketful
Historical Examples
It was as though he had thrown a bucketful of water over me.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Diamonds are very cheap now; they find 'em by the bucketful in the Cape, you know.
Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
"He meant to draw it by the bucketful and not in drops," interpreted Billington.
Standish of StandishJane G. Austin
They are fine and large, and so plentiful that I can gather a bucketful in an hour.
The Battle and the BreezeR.M. Ballantyne
She was as delighted as we were, and wanted us to have a bucketful brought on deck.
Twice LostW.H.G. Kingston