pailful
noun
a quantity sufficient to fill a pail.
pailfuls
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pluralof pailful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Something cool to drink is the first thing asked for after the long, dusty drive; and pailfuls of tamarinds and water, 'a beautiful drink,' the men used to say, disappeared rapidly among them.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows
Drink water by pailfuls: it is a universal dissolvent; water liquefies all the salts.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Henry Cabot Lodge
Laughter goes round in peals, and punch in pailfuls; and the jolly god shakes his sides as he contemplates his happy worshippers.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
We have the most ghastly thunderstorm every evening; the lightning scarcely ever ceases now; the thunder generally lasts about two hours; the rain comes down in pailfuls.
From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Monica M. Stanley
You can imagine the effort made to supply two barrels of coffee with only three camp-kettles, two iron boilers holding two pailfuls, one small iron tea-kettle and one sauce-pan, to make it in.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows
