skinful

American  

[skin-fool] / ˈskɪn fʊl /

noun

plural

skinfuls

1. the amount that a skin container can hold.

2. Informal. a large or satisfying amount of food and drink.

3. Informal. an amount of liquor sufficient to make a person drunk.

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skinful British  

/ ˈskɪnˌfʊl /

noun

1. slang sufficient alcoholic drink to make one drunk (esp in the phrase have a skinful )

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of skinful

First recorded in 1640–50; skin + -ful

Example Sentences

Blackburn, who were 19th, were left standing around like a Sunday League team whose opponents haven't turned up after a skinful the night before.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2013

"Arrah, why, woman; what do they want but their skinful to eat and dhrink, and I'm sure we're able to allow them that, any way?"

From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

A hundred philips for that skinful of bones!

From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael

Otherwise this was a most pleasant little oasis, with such herbage for the camels that it enabled them to do with very little water, after their first good skinful.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

We've all a pinch or two of Satan's leaven,   But you appeared to have an even skinful.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose