mugfuln.
/ˈmʌɡfʊl/, U.S. /ˈməɡˌfʊl/ The contents of a mug; the amount that a mug will hold.In quot. 1867: a bowlful (see mug n.1 2).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > cup or mug
cupful?a1400
gobletful?c1425
tass1480
mug1682
teacup1758
mugful1838
scaleful1844
1838 J. H. Ingraham Burton I. xiv. 192 You could carry a mugful of cider all the way to Montreal on the crupper and not spill a drop.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 133 A glass-full of spirits and water for Nicholas, and a cracked mug-full for the joint accommodation of himself and Smike.
1867 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 110 Aw pusht th' owd woman uv hur bustle in a mugful o dowf [i.e. dough].
1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ ii. 32 Jimmy drank a tin mugful of coffee.
1924 J. 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.
1973 J. Mann Only Security vi. 59 Roger accepted the plastic mugful of tea.
1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 228 The mug murky and stippled like Cotswold stone, its crevices coated and recoated with the residue of a million lone mugfuls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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