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

It isn't right to me, by a jugful, Little.

From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle

In a short time he returned with a basin of ice and a jugful of iced lime-juice.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"It is," said I, "a jugful of claret."

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

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 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 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

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