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One of the young men modestly replied, 'Yes: we filled the cistern this morning; but it leaks, and requires a few pitcherfuls more.'

From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Hardy, Thomas

From the balconies above were dashed down pailfuls and pitcherfuls of water.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee