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Pailful
Pail′ful
,Noun.
pl.
Pailfuls
. The quantity that a pail will hold.
“By pailfuls.” Shak.
Definition 2024
pailful
pailful
English
Alternative forms
- pailfull
Noun
pailful (plural pailfuls or pailsful)
- An amount that would fill a pail.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- If / it should thunder as it did before, I know not where to / hide my head: yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by / pailfuls.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2