jugful

American  

[juhg-fool] / ˈdʒʌg fʊl /

noun

jugfuls plural

1. enough to fill a jug.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jugfuls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jugful

First recorded in 1825–35; jug ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

jugful jugfuls

She was caught, along with her two youngest children, a jugful of jewelry and $120,000 cash, by partisans as she sought refuge in Switzerland.

From Time Magazine Archive

It won't hurt your old cart to go out in the stumps, but we ain't going to drive in the ditch, not by a jugful.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Not more'n a jugful, anyway, and I don't see things on the hardest cider they make in Ontario.

From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold

“Not by a jugful, old-timer,” he said to the prospector.

From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Coolidge, Dane

"It is," said I, "a jugful of claret."

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

I have poured divers jugfuls of water over Comrade Spiller's bed, Comrade Robinson's bed, Comrade Stone's—Spiller, Spiller, these are harsh words; where you pick them up I can't think—not from me.

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Things straightened out a bit after that, and I saw there were quantities of flowers in the room, jugfuls in fact, which had been sent to cheer me along.

From Fanny Goes to War by Washington, Pat Beauchamp

I have poured divers jugfuls of water over Comrade Spiller’s bed, Comrade Robinson’s bed, Comrade Stone’s—­Spiller, Spiller, these are harsh words; where you pick them up I can’t think—­not from me. 

From Mike by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)