jugful

[ juhg-fool ]

noun

, plural jug·fuls.

1. enough to fill a jug.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jugful¹

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

Example Sentences

George ate some, but very little; however he drank a great jugful of water—then dozed and fell into a fine perspiration.

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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.

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And with a beaming smile Becky drew from a cask a jugful of ale which she set down on the table with a thud.

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"She didn't talk as though she was when she was here—not by a jugful," declared Cap'n Ira bitterly.

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Her mother shook her five or six times in the course of the morning, threatening to throw a jugful of water over her.

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