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Definition of Jugful
1. Noun. The quantity contained in a jug.
Definition of Jugful
1. Noun. as much as a jug will hold ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jugful
1. as much as a jug will hold [n JUGFULS or JUGSFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugful
Literary usage of Jugful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Not by a jugful. An emphatic negation. 1835 Did you ever follow the business of
... 1857 No more shelving operations here, not by a jugful, I reckon.—Knick. ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"jugful. "Not by a jugful" is a phrase commonly used to mean, ... But 'taint so
in New York, not by a jugful. Major Downing, May-day in New York. ..."
3. The Pentateuch According to the Talmud: Genesis: with a Talmudical Commentary by Paul Isaac Hershon, Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (1883)
"... a bagful of dates, and a jugful of flour of roasted grain. ... The recipient
sent him back a bagful of ginger and a jugful of elongated pepper corn, ..."
4. The Tale of Buster Bumblebee by Arthur Scott Bailey, Harry L. Smith (1918)
"VII A jugful OF BUMBLEBEES WHEN the workers—as well as Buster Bumblebee—heard
the raking, scraping sound in the hall of their house they all stopped what ..."
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