jugful
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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
“Not by a jugful, it won’t,” declared Fred, stoutly.
From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Davenport, Spencer
Not by a jugful, unless the mutt had a mighty interesting case— "I think," said Simon Varr, reentering his office, "I think I have now made my position clear to those fellows!"
From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong
It consisted of oatmeal porridge, served up in two wooden platters, with a jugful of milk and three horn spoons set down on the table between them.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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
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