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Definition of Pitchersful
1. pitcherful [n] - See also: pitcherful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitchersful
Literary usage of Pitchersful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cuentos Ticos: Short Stories of Costa Rica by Ricardo Fernández Guardia, Gray Casement (1904)
"According to tradition, it rained in pitchersful, and already the judge was
beginning to ask himself anxiously if the coach, which he had ordered the night ..."
2. A Lady's Second Journey Round the World: From London to the Cape of Good by Ida Pfeiffer (1856)
"... lemons, etc., of wax, and then, filling them with water, pelt each other with
them, or pour whole pitchersful from their windows on the passers-by. ..."
3. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1902)
"... one can, with the help of a few pitchersful of water poured over the shoulders
of the individual, improvise a very effective douche. ..."
4. Obstetric Clinic: A Practical Contribution to the Study of Obstetrics and by George Thomson Elliot (1868)
"At half-past five I injected two large pitchersful of warm water against the
inner rim of the cervix, having previously left the largest-sized dilator in ..."
5. Papers Relating to the Aboriginal Tribes of the Central Provinces by Stephen Hislop (1866)
"Keep the full pitcher of liquor on the right side, and the half-full pitcher on
the left. 38. Call (for) two more pitchersful of liquor, and drink according ..."
6. What's the Matter with Ireland? by Ruth Russell (1920)
"Until the Woman's National Health Association established a depot, Ennis poor
could not get retailed pitchersful of milk, for Ennis cows are raised to ..."
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