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bucketful

English

Etymology

From bucket +? -ful. Compare Old English b?cful, b?cfull (bucketful).

Noun

bucketful (plural bucketfuls or bucketsful)

  1. The quantity contained in a bucket.
    Synonym: pailful
  2. (by extension) a large quantity
    It was raining in bucketfuls.

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pailful

English

Alternative forms

  • paileful, pailfull (both obsolete)

Etymology

From pail +? -ful.

Noun

pailful (plural pailfuls or pailsful)

  1. The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail. [from 16th c.]
    • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 118:
      McGrath's lounge was a vast brownish room, with a beige ceiling of heavy plaster divided into squares […] and finally swabbed with pailfuls of gilt.

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