pailful

How to use pailful in a sentence

• A window was suddenly opened, and a pailful of slops splashed down upon the doorstep.

  The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson

• Now and then he would send a pailful to a publisher, and of course it would always come back.

  Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith Wharton

• Nankeens look best, washed in suds, with a teacup of ley added for each pailful.

  A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher

• After this, add a pailful of cold soft water, once an hour, till all the ashes appear to be well soaked.

  A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher

• To make soft-soap, take the proportion of one pailful of ley to three pounds of fat.

  A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher