Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quantity that a pail will hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quantity that a pail will hold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An amount that would
fill apail .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity contained in a pail
Etymologies
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Examples
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"And look what she calls a pailful of water!" added the mother, with a second blow.
Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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But when we delivered the water Jed had only one pailful.
Chapter 13 2010
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I was going to have a brother-in-law who was as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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I was going to have a brother-in-law who was as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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Paul de la Montaigne is as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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Paul de la Montaigne is as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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Paul de la Montaigne is as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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Paul de la Montaigne is as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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I was going to have a brother-in-law who was as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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I was going to have a brother-in-law who was as dumb as a pailful of earthworms.
Belle Cameron Dokey 2008
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