jugful
Americannoun
plural
jugfulsSpelling
See -ful.
Etymology
Origin of jugful
Example Sentences
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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
He drew a little jugful from the cask, and placed it, and a pewter goblet, on the table, and then filled, lighted, and smoked his pipe as he proceeded.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
This is no West; Milwaukee ain't West by a jugful.
From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
But I've been readin' the papers, Jimmie, and it ain't all Red Tower, not by a jugful.
From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis
But I wasn't, not by a jugful; I was giving him a wide berth, and taking off my hat to him in the bargain.
From Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan by Rathborne, George, St.
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