jugful
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jugfuls
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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
They weren't left out in reality-not by a jugful.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
"Not by an entire jugful," replied Captain Ryder.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
Addie had begged a small jugful from the kitchen, enough for their guests, the mistresses, but it was impossible to replace the big two-gallon can at a moment's notice.
From For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil
Sell it?" he exclaimed in conclusion, "Not by a jugful!
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
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 P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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 Pat Beauchamp Washington
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 P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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