bushelful
Americannoun
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bushelfuls
plural
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Etymology
Origin of bushelful
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at bushel 1, -ful
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Not even a bushelful of ripe Cortlands will convince you otherwise.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2019
We’re finding that we can grow clean-energy jobs by the bushelful around the state of Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2018
The comedies, especially, offer a vision of the world that encompasses humor high and low, hints of melancholy and even tragedy, songs of sadness and joy, and romance by the bushelful.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2016
There’s “human intelligence,” or HUMINT, from sources and agents on the ground; there’s imagery and satellite intelligence, or GEOINT, by the bushelful.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2015
But nature has given him a mouthful of common sense, and the priest has added a bushelful of learning—he is what we call a very clever man in this country, where clever men are scarce.
From A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools by Percy Lubbock
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