Example Sentences

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The President and other members of the party passed the time as best possible�quoits, movies in the evenings and pipefuls of tobacco.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Durham, Victor G.

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 Tressell, Robert

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 Stratemeyer, Edward

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 Curtis, Edward S.