pailful
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pailfuls
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“Pope!” she whispered again, and it was as though he had had a pailful of ordure thrown in his face.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
She was like a child endeavouring to pour a great pailful of water into a very little cup.
From Consequences by E. M. Delafield
Alkali lands were abundant and water was scarce; indeed, water fit to drink was seldom found, and frequently the travellers had to seek a stagnant pool, containing not more than a pailful of slimy liquid.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
When, as often happened, he sent me for a second pailful, no protest or appeal escaped my lips, thanks to my previous training in silent obedience.
From Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls by Charles A. Eastman
This sand covered the sleepers to such a depth that the mules could not step quickly; there was always a pailful of it on each foot to lift and throw off.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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
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
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
"There's no good way to get in here with a wagon; and, besides, we can't dip up more than two or three pailfuls at a time,—then we must wait for the spring to fill."
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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
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