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单词 pipeful
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pipefuln.1

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpfʊl/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌfʊl/
Forms: see pipe n.1 and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe n.1, -ful suffix.
Etymology: < pipe n.1 + -ful suffix.
A quantity of tobacco, etc., sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > quantity smoked in
pipe1588
pipeful1602
gage1676
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. c2v Tis at your seruice gallants, and Tobacco too, tis right pudding I can tell you; a Lady or two, tooke a pype full or two at my hands, and praizde it for the Heauens.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. ii. 19 in Wks. II Three pence a pipe full, I will ha' made, of all my whole halfe pound of tabacco.
1764 J. Grieve tr. S. P. Krasheninnikov Hist. Kamtschatka iii. 255 Those who knew so little of their value, that for one or two pipefuls of tobacco they would sell a fine sable or fox skin.
1799 Amer. Museum 20 June 120 I doubt whether a Dutchman would give a pipe full of tobacco for a dozen of them.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xv. 200 Poor indeed is the man in these climes who cannot command a pipeful of tobacco.
1881 in Diggers' Ditties (1989) 15 I've gin and a pipeful of Boer [= a type of tobacco].
1920 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Mar. 22/2 We were all borrowing a pipeful of tobacco from the tailer.
1976 Times 8 Nov. 5/6 Mr Shogo Suzuki puffed one pipeful of tobacco today for two hours..to become the new world champion pipe-smoker.
1992 N. Barber Other Side of Paradise (BNC) 77 Alec Reid firmed down a new pipeful of tobacco.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pipefuln.2

Forms: see pipe n.2 and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe n.2, -ful suffix.
Etymology: < pipe n.2 + -ful suffix. N.E.D.(1906) gives the pronunciation as (pəi·pful) /ˈpaɪpfʊl/.
Obsolete.
A quantity of supplies, cargo, liquid, etc., sufficient to fill a large cask or pipe (pipe n.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 > barrel
barrelful1386
tunful1562
pipeful1605
kierful1879
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 167 It doth..heate..a whole pipeful of cold water.
1710 tr. F. Cauche Voy. Madagascar 57 That Island is full of Birds and their Eggs. In less than an Hour we gather'd our Boat full of the former and a Pipe full of Eggs.
1749 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Arch. Soc. (1903) 9 47 One James Thearse was fined a pipe-full, and paid it accordingly.
1795 J. Nichols Hist. & Antiq. County of Leicester I. Index 14/3 Brigerac, a pipe full of gold and other treasure there taken.
a1857 C. I. Johnstone Lives & Voy. Drake, Cavendish, & Dampier (1864) v. 131 In two hours they killed and salted two pipes full of penguins.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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