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Pitcherful

noun
(pl. pitcherfuls)
1.
The quantity contained in a pitcher.  Synonym: pitcher.






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"Pitcherful" Quotes from Famous Books



... could hardly be called a success. They sold one glass for five cents, then Carol, who was always awkward, upset the whole pitcherful. The ice melted out of the second, and no customers appearing, the boys were drinking it up themselves, when Sherman gallantly proposed to treat the little girls. The supply was getting low by this time, but they carried over one rather ...
— Chicken Little Jane • Lily Munsell Ritchie

... make the missionary—for such he proved to be upon acquaintance—understand that the conditions in that desert country made the spring a valued property, and gave a price to every pitcherful of water. ...
— Oriental Encounters - Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 • Marmaduke Pickthall

... a beehive for the two goats. The bees flew in and out from early morning till late evening without ever tiring, and filled the hive with the most beautiful honey, so that in autumn Harry was able to take a whole pitcherful out of it. ...
— Household Tales by Brothers Grimm • Grimm Brothers



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