What does pailful mean?
Pailful means The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail..
Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weather at all: and another Storme brewing, I heare it ſing ith' winde: yond ſame blacke cloud, yond huge one, lookes like a foule bumbard that would ſhed his licquor: if it ſhould thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond ſame cloud cannot chooſe but fall by paile-fuls.
Some say that instead of a bowl of milk on the table, it was a pailful on the kitchen-floor fresh from the cow.
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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Pailful means The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail..
Common synonyms include pail.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weather at all: and another Storme brewing, I heare it ſing ith' winde: yond ſame blacke cloud, yond huge one, lookes like a foule bumbard that would ſhed his licquor: if it ſhould thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond ſame cloud cannot chooſe but fall by paile-fuls.
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