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
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
"Not by an entire jugful," replied Captain Ryder.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
When the dusk began to fall he lit a candle, fetched himself a jugful of cider, and went back to his work.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"Not by a jugful, Lawson," said Mr. Rogers emphatically.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
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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