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skinful

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skinful [ˈskɪnˌfʊl]
n pl -fuls
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Slang sufficient alcoholic drink to make one drunk (esp in the phrase have a skinful)
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Noun1.skinful - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful"
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
Translations
skinful [ˈskɪnfʊl] N to have had a skinful → estar borracho/a or (LAm) tomado/a
skinful
n (Brit inf) to have had a skinful → einen über den Durst getrunken haben, einen sitzen haben (inf)
skinful [ˈskɪnfʊl] n (fam) to have (had) a skinful → aver fatto il pieno
skinful [ˈskɪnfʊl] n (fam) to have (had) a skinful → aver fatto il pieno


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" Revere was still absorbed in the Company papers, and the Sergeant, who was sternly fond of Bobby, continued, -" 'E generally goes down there when'e's got 'is skinful, beggin' your pardon, sir, an' they do say that the more lush - inebriated 'e is, the more fish 'e catches.
Only A Subaltern by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
The waiter, a wild-haired youth in tarred boots and a pink shirt, exclaimed, uncovering his pale gums in a silly grin, that Ziemianitch had got his skinful early in the afternoon and had gone away with a bottle under each arm to keep it up amongst the horses--he supposed.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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