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pipeful|ˈpaɪpfʊl|
[f. pipe n.1 and n.2 + -ful.]
1. [f. pipe n.2] A quantity (of liquor, etc.) sufficient to fill a pipe or large cask. rare.
1605Timme Quersit. iii. 167 It doth..heate..a whole pipeful of cold water.
2. [f. pipe n.1] A quantity (of tobacco, etc.) sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe.
c1613Rowlands Paire Spy-Knaves 20 Who takes his pipefull vp, And smokes it off, with puffe 'tis gone. 1844Kinglake Eöthen (1845) 202 Poor indeed is the man in these climes who cannot command a pipeful of tobacco. |