单词 | jugful |
释义 | jugful|ˈdʒʌgfʊl| [f. jug n.2 + -ful.] As much as fills a jug. by a jugful (U.S. slang), by a great deal, ‘by a long chalk’.
1831Boston Transcript 14 Nov. 2/1 ‘Vote on your side!’ says another: ‘Not by a jug full.’ 1834‘Major J. Downing’ Mayday in N.Y. (Bartlett), Downingville is as sweet as a rose. But 'tain't so in New-York, not by a jug-full. 1840Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xviii. (Farmer), The last mile..took the longest [time] to do it by a jugfull. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. II. iv. vii. 217 Mr. Riderhood..fetched his jug-full of water. 1893Family Herald 25 Mar. 335/2 She overturned a jugful [of milk] upon the large black pool [of ink]. 1967Wodehouse Company for Henry xii. 220 Did your heart melt? Not by a jugful. You gave him the sleeve across the windpipe and kicked him out. 1971― Much Obliged, Jeeves vi. 57 ‘Then why is Tuppy short of cash? Didn't he inherit them?’ ‘Not by a jugful.’ |

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