pitcherful
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She set the dining-room table with the good linen and silverware, collected fruit from the tamarind tree, and squeezed and strained a pitcherful of juice.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
They sold one glass for five cents, then Carol, who was always awkward, upset the whole pitcherful.
From Chicken Little Jane by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
We had a plum pudding for dinner on Tuesday and there was half the pudding and a pitcherful of sauce left over.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
One drop of muddy water does not show its pollution, but when you have a pitcherful of it you can see how thick it is.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander
Off he hurried, returning presently with a pitcherful of fresh water and a glass, and with this the man was given a drink, when Jerry held up his head.
From The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters by Young, Clarence
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