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mugful|ˈmʌgfʊl|
Also † mug-full.
[f. mug n.1 + -ful.]
The contents of a mug; the amount that a mug will hold (in quot. 1867 = bowlful).
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. (1839) xv. 133 A glass-full of spirits and water for Nicholas, and a cracked mug-full for the joint accommodation of himself and Smike. 1867J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 110 Aw pusht th' owd woman uv hur bustle in a mugful o dowf [i.e. dough]. 1924J. M. Barrie Mary Rose i. 15, I wonder if you would give me a mug of tea. Not a cup, we drink it by the mugful where I hail from. 1973J. Mann Only Security vi. 59 Roger accepted the plastic mugful of tea. |