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

Etymology

Origin of jugful

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

Example Sentences

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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

“Not by a jugful, old-timer,” he said to the prospector.

From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Dane Coolidge

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 Armstrong Livingston

Sell it?" he exclaimed in conclusion, "Not by a jugful!

From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

But I've been readin' the papers, Jimmie, and it ain't all Red Tower, not by a jugful.

From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde

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

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