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Definition of Tumblersful
1. tumblerful [n] - See also: tumblerful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumblersful
Literary usage of Tumblersful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Excelsior Recitations and Readings: No. 1-[4] A Carefully Compiled Selection edited by Thomas Joseph Carey (1884)
"But Mrs. Skid- more bein' so tough, could drink seven tumblersful right down.
Tirzah Ann couldn't stand that, so one day, it was the day before she came ..."
2. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"They have no custom like many of the European and Anglo Saxon race, of swallowing
large tumblersful of liquor at and between their meals. ..."
3. A Medico-legal Treatise on Malpractice and Medical Evidence: Comprising the by John J. Elwell (1871)
"Sometimes he would persist in drinking nothing but water, but occasionally drank
wine by tumblersful. His income was far from large, and not of a certain ..."
4. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"He accommodated me with a comfortable clay hut to lie in, and sent me regularly
a supply of cow's milk, of which I took two tumblersful daily. ..."
5. The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada: With Analyses and Notes by George Edward Walton (1873)
"For action gn the kidneys, the water is taken in doses of two to four tumblersful,
and cooled before drinking, but little exercise being taken in the mean ..."
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