bucketful
Americannoun
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bucketfuls
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I have friends who choke down Greek yogurt by the bucketful, who eat handfuls of grilled chicken at a time, who dead lift their own body weight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The family unearthed bivalves by the bucketful, reaching the most plentiful beaches with their motorized metal dinghy.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2022
I could eat that garlic rice by the bucketful, same for the bone-in chicken adobo legs and thighs coated in a rich vinegar/soy marinade.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Ideas are laced throughout the menu, including ideas about whether soul food dishes that traditionally wallow in animal fats by the bucketful can be made without them, and whether lasagna can be called Southern.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
"I wash standing up. I get a bucketful of water and I heat it on this little stove and I strip and wash myself all over."
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
She remembered trailing behind her grandmother cutting roses in her garden, lugging bucketfuls of flowers and inhaling the sweetness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
“My hope is you will resist those bucketfuls of money,” Blumenthal told the Tour witnesses.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
They are absolutely delicious and we have bucketfuls of them every year.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022
“Sweeney” is usually gruesome, and bucketfuls of artificial gore were thrown around the stage at Glimmerglass on Friday, but this production felt bloodless.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2016
Waves broke over the bows, where bucketfuls of water streamed through the flimsy decking.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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