pitcherful

English

Etymology

pitcher +‎ -ful

Noun

pitcherful (plural pitcherfuls or pitchersful)

  1. The quantity that a pitcher can hold.
    • 1876, James Russell Lowell, “Milton”, in Among My Books: Second Series:
      To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
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