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Definition of Mugful
1. Noun. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
Definition of Mugful
1. Noun. as much as a mug will contain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mugful
1. as much as a mug can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugful
Literary usage of Mugful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Era (1873)
"A mugful of bhang (a native intoxicating drink) forms his day tea in the afternoon.
He prepares this drink himself, of course, with the kind help of some of ..."
2. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... good to see how they disposed of mugful after mugful of the delightful beverage,
gasping for breath as they returned the empty mug to be replenished, ..."
3. The National Temperance Orator by Lizzie Penney (1881)
"But it startled me a leetle to see a small shaver like you gobblin' down sich a
big mugful—and hard cider, too. F. Well, I drank three the other day before ..."
4. A Deep-water Voyage by Paul Eve Stevenson (1897)
"A certain proportion is added to a bucket of water, and then each man, as I said
before, is compelled to drink one mugful. I used to think that the men ..."
5. With the Guard's Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry (1902)
"It would require a clever cook to provide a man with three savoury and substantial
meals out of a mugful of flour, about a pound of tough trek ox, ..."
6. The New Era (1873)
"A mugful of bhang (a native intoxicating drink) forms his day tea in the afternoon.
He prepares this drink himself, of course, with the kind help of some of ..."
7. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... good to see how they disposed of mugful after mugful of the delightful beverage,
gasping for breath as they returned the empty mug to be replenished, ..."
8. The National Temperance Orator by Lizzie Penney (1881)
"But it startled me a leetle to see a small shaver like you gobblin' down sich a
big mugful—and hard cider, too. F. Well, I drank three the other day before ..."
9. A Deep-water Voyage by Paul Eve Stevenson (1897)
"A certain proportion is added to a bucket of water, and then each man, as I said
before, is compelled to drink one mugful. I used to think that the men ..."
10. With the Guard's Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry (1902)
"It would require a clever cook to provide a man with three savoury and substantial
meals out of a mugful of flour, about a pound of tough trek ox, ..."
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