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

There was a smell that lingered around her mother that Becky still remembers, the smell that seems to seep out of the pores of someone who's had a skinful the night before.

From BBC

He spoke about bouncing off walls, and joked that he did not drink alcohol at all because he sometimes looked like he had had a skinful when he hadn't.

From BBC

Similarly, airport bars do not always call time on passengers who have had a skinful.

From Economist

It’s part of the general pub culture in fact, that those with a skinful are advised to potter off home and come back another day with no hard feelings on either side.

From Forbes

Dev, however, has a solid belief that even with a skinful of rosé, his late, grating wife was simply too dull for anything as juicy as pyromania.

From The Guardian