Example Sentences

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Also a careful digger could throw a handful of gold in a tub of dirt, and, washing it off in dishfuls, recover practically every colour.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

The rain soon came down,—not in drops, but dishfuls.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne