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Definition of Jugfuls
1. jugful [n] - See also: jugful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugfuls
Literary usage of Jugfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"That is why next morning you may see the young fellows who lit the bonfire going
from house to house and receiving jugfuls of milk. ..."
2. The New Era (1873)
"... were washed with milk as though they were the centres towards which all that
was holy tended ; and lastly warm water was poured on me in small jugfuls, ..."
3. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1890)
"Two jugfuls of water were given to each prisoner for washing and drinking.
Other help had they none. The beadle entrusted with their custody lived in a ..."
4. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"... enjoy in the other world a lingering odour CURIOSITIES OF SACS AHU AM AN—THE
SLIDE. of the sweet liquor of which they emptied so many jugfuls in this. ..."
5. The Argosy by Henry Wood, Charles William Wood, Mrs Henry Wood (1885)
"A general dampness of clothing caused him to remark that he had not successfully
tied his bath into shape, the many jugfuls of water with which he had ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"... pull up the parietals, and to pour in with cautious violence one or more
jugfuls of tepid water, insert the right hand into the abdomen, ..."