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We were to fill all our waterskins from a remarkably fine well of particularly sweet water at Hadi, so we took only a couple of skinfuls with us.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

Here, Nancy Devlin, get Peety and the girsha their skinfuls of stirabout an' milk.

From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

Arrived again at the well Zem-Zem, Burton had to take another nauseous draught and was deluged with two skinfuls of the water dashed over his head.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas