jugful

American  

[juhg-fool] / ˈdʒʌg fʊl /

noun

• jugfuls
  plural

1. enough to fill a jug.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jugfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of jugful

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

jugful jugfuls

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 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I made a jugful of lemonade, girls, and it is as cold as if we had ice water in it.

From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Not more'n a jugful, anyway, and I don't see things on the hardest cider they make in Ontario.

From A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss

"I'll get you a jugful, shall I?" said Susan's friend, and having installed herself as mistress of the ceremonies, returned to the subject of the star.

From Barnaby A Novel by R. Ramsay

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

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

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