pipeful
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pipefuls
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Marathon money went to one M. Lenoble, who made a pipeful last 51 min.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was only the sound made by a man in the corner who drew noisily on a pipeful of rum-flavored tobacco, causing it to glow on and off, a red disk in the dark.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
An' I won't change my opinion now, but if you will spare me a pipeful I'll risk my health to ha' a smoke wi' you now, Andie.'
From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
After supping on his pipeful of tobacco-dust, Peter sat, straight-backed, leaning elbows on knees and chin on hands, wondering what on earth was to become of them all next day.
From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson
A youth of eighteen, to whom we gave a pipeful of tobacco, also begged for a little water, but we had to refuse him too.
From The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria by Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
When the first pipefuls were finished they laid the pipes on the floor and picked up the other two, showing no sign of distress.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
They sat down in the shade to rest, and thus several hours passed, and the old miner smoked up half 'a dozen pipefuls of his favorite plug mixture.
From The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine by Edward Stratemeyer
There were others who by the judicious administration of pipefuls of tobacco and pints of beer, managed to keep in Crass's good graces and often retained their employment when better workmen were 'stood off'.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Though Josh Owen smoked many pipefuls, time soon began to drag on that worthy's hands.
From The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat by Victor G. Durham
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