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
This fellow Leyden isn't a clean sport, by a jugful.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle
"Not by an entire jugful," replied Captain Ryder.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
"It is," said I, "a jugful of claret."
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
"I ain't licked yet—not by a jugful," Scraggs snapped.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
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 and Psmith by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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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