pitcherfuln.
/ˈpɪtʃəfʊl/, U.S. /ˈpɪtʃərˌfʊl/ As much as a pitcher will hold; the contents of a pitcher.
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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 > jug
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c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 26 Tak betoyne & drye it & mak powdir þerof..and sethe it in twa pecherfull of wyne.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 74 Plato sent hym a whole stene or pitcher full [L. lagœnam.]
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 163 Artichokes growing in light Grounds, have need of a Pitcher full or two of Water, for each Plant.
1767 B. Thornton Braggard Captain iii. iv. 192 The butler through neglect Left in his way a pitcher-full of Nardine.
1795 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades (new ed.) 135 If the ink be spilled on a ruffle..let one hold..and rub it while another is pouring gradually water from a decanter; and let a whole pitcherful be used if necessary.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 June (1939) 186 You stand like a child going to be bathed, shivering and shaking till the first pitcherfull is flung about your ears.
1888 Science 14 Dec. 294/1 The germ of disease may not be in this pitcherful or in that, in this tumblerful or in that, but it will find us one day if we continue to use the water which contains it.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 2/1 Why grudge the most incorrigible of cranks his pitcherful from its ocean of sweetness?
1998 N.Y. Mag. 4 May 63/2 Unlike the many bars that make these drinks by the pitcherful, Ciel Rouge mixes each one by hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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