skinful

[ skin-fool ]

/ ˈskɪn fʊl /

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noun, plural skin·fuls.

the amount that a skin container can hold.

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

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

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Origin of skinful

First recorded in 1640–50; skin + -ful

usage note for skinful

See -ful.

Words nearby skinful

skin flick, skinflint, skin food, skin friction, skin friction drag, skinful, skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink

How to use skinful in a sentence

Pellett had had his skinful, and the fitness of things decreed that he should soak the clock around.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
So it was four o'clock and all well—but me; I felt like a skinful of dry bones and all of them trying to ache at once.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
As a last chance, an Apache took a skinful of water, and poured the contents on the bare and bleeding skull of the Spaniard.
The Pirates of the Prairies|Gustave Aimard
At length the time arrived, and, fortified with a good dinner and a skinful of "Mumm Cabinet," we proceeded to the witch's den.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

The Old French form means "skinful" (cf. poignée, fistful), the hounds' reward being spread on the skin of the slain animal.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for skinful

skinful

/ (ˈskɪnˌfʊl) /

noun plural -fuls

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

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