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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It takes all I can save to buy three pailfuls of coal a week for my little stove.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
Beef's-gall, one spoonful to two pailfuls of suds, improves calicoes.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
Even the waiters of these establishments sometimes amused themselves by pouring pailfuls of foul water upon the aggrieved passer-by.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy
"But I didn't tell you to fetch pailfuls!"
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
The kettle, which must have held several pailfuls, was nearly empty; and what was left hadn’t a very inviting look certainly.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
