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pailful

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pail  (pl)
n.
1. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
2. The amount that a pail can hold.

[Middle English paile, probably from Old French paele, warming pan, perhaps from Latin patella, small pan; see paella.]

pailful n.
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Noun1.pailful - the quantity contained in a pail
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Translations
pailful [ˈpeɪlfʊl] Ncubo m, contenido m de un cubo
pailful
nEimer m


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Tod fetched a large heavy pailful of water from the spring, and staggered with it through the kitchen into his bedroom.
Then he gave me a pailful of water to drink; it was cold and very good, and I drank it all; then he gave me some hay and some corn, and thinking he had done right, he went away.
Each pailful was poured into tall cans that stood in a large spring-waggon which had been brought upon the scene; and when they were milked the cows trailed away.
 
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