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potful|ˈpɒtfʊl| [f. pot n.1 + -ful.] The quantity that fills a pot; as much as a pot holds.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 176 A potful of peosun þat pers hedde I-mad [C. ix. 182 A potful of potage þat peersses wyf made]. c1450Mankind 265 in Macro Plays 10, I was neuer worth a pottfull a wortes, sythyn I was borne. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. (1686) 65 A potfull of ashes. 1881Scribner's Mag. XXII. 77 A fire is started..to cook a potful of meat. |