Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quantity of liquid which fills or nearly fills a tumbler: as, to drink a tumblerful of water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun As much as a
tumbler will hold.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For a restless person of ardent temperament and active plethoric circulation, a Lemon squash (unsweetened) of not more than half a tumblerful is a capital sedative; or, a whole lemon may be made hot on the oven top, being turned from time to time, and being put presently when soft and moist into a teacup, then by stabbing it about the juice will be made to escape, and should be drunk hot.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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I wasn't one of those kids who drank it by the tumblerful, and I only recently have started drinking it daily -- for those nutrients I just mentioned.
Got milk? What kind? Jennifer LaRue Huget 2011
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After nuking a Hungry-Man Salisbury steak dinner and pouring himself a Thirsty-Man tumblerful of Jim Beam on the rocks, Pender set up a TV tray in the living room, intending to watch the Orioles game while he ate.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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After nuking a Hungry-Man Salisbury steak dinner and pouring himself a Thirsty-Man tumblerful of Jim Beam on the rocks, Pender set up a TV tray in the living room, intending to watch the Orioles game while he ate.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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At the end of the afternoon that produced nothing but baffling frustration I drove back to London and Chesham Place and told my uncle, over a tumblerful of single malt, that three clever financial brains had spent two whole working days trying to make sense of Norman Quorn's list of bank accounts, and failing.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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After nuking a Hungry-Man Salisbury steak dinner and pouring himself a Thirsty-Man tumblerful of Jim Beam on the rocks, Pender set up a TV tray in the living room, intending to watch the Orioles game while he ate.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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Put them into a saucepan with a tumblerful of water.
edouard de pomiane | soups « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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After nuking a Hungry-Man Salisbury steak dinner and pouring himself a Thirsty-Man tumblerful of Jim Beam on the rocks, Pender set up a TV tray in the living room, intending to watch the Orioles game while he ate.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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I opened the Courvoisier and had poured out a tumblerful when my cell phone started up its damned ringing again.
The 6th Target Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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I mean, I get mind-dementing hangovers when I party where Irish whiskey is being poured by the tumblerful and this morning was no exception.
Mexican Immigrants in New York City The Daily Growler 2006
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