jarful
Americannoun
plural
jarfulsSpelling
See -ful.
Etymology
Origin of jarful
Example Sentences
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Gift it by the jarful, or eat it by the fistful.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2022
When I see a jarful in the bathroom of a gym, I thrill, as though I were a smoker and they were cigarettes.
From Slate • Jan. 1, 2020
Early in his career, he was known to eat peanut butter by the jarful, boxes of cinnamon buns and huge breakfasts consisting of cornflakes, sausages, eggs, bananas and cream, and pancakes drenched in maple syrup.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2017
Some very young grave, I said to myself, and found one soon enough, a bit of a rectangle of fresh earth, and a jarful of pansies on it.
From The Confession by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
A large jarful was produced; Runi politely quaffed the first cup; I followed; then the others; and the women drank also, a woman taking about one cupful to a man's three.
From Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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