pailful

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pailful

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From pail + -ful.

noun pailfuls · pailsful · paileful · pailfull

The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail. Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weather at all: and another Storme brewing, I heare it ſing ith' winde: yond ſame blacke cloud, yond huge one, lookes like a foule bumbard that would ſhed his licquor: if it ſhould thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond ſame

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noun amount that would fill a pail

Русский	по́лное ведро́ pólnoje vedró

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@misc{pailful_2026,
  title = {pailful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pailful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}