pitcherful
Americannoun
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pitcherfuls
plural
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Origin of 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 Lily Munsell Ritchie
I went to a cottage near the road to ask for a draught, when a pitcherful was given to me that looked like pale coffee, and was vapid and unrefreshing.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
A white beard that reaches down to his waist, and if you'd put it into hot water it would yield more than a pitcherful of grease.
From Luna Benamor by Isaac Goldberg
"Do I throw the pitcherful of coffee back at him?" questioned Teddy innocently.
From The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life by Edgar B. P. Darlington
From the balconies above were dashed down pailfuls and pitcherfuls of water.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
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 Thomas Hardy
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