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basinful

basinful noun: as much as a basin will hold.

Noun

basinful (plural basinfuls or basinsful)

  1. As much as a basin will hold.
    • Of this chicken-water it is very proper to drink a small bason-full at a time, during the operation of the Powder, and more especially if the patient be sick.1748, Robert James, A Dissertation on Fevers and Inflammatory Distempers, London: Francis Newbery, Junior, 8th edition, 1778, p. 139
    • It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr. Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw...1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 27, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Examples of basinful in a sentence

  • Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 27, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […]...
  • The family once saw a little girl getting a bath, sitting out in the sun on an inverted jar, while her mother poured basinfuls of water over her and rubber her with her hands.1907, Mary Wright Plummer, chapter 17, in Roy and Ray in Mexico, New York: Henry Holt & Co, page 206:

Forms of basinful

pluralbasinfuls
pluralbasinsful

Origin of basinful

From Middle English bacin-ful, basyn full, equivalent to basin + -ful.

Questions about basinful

What does basinful mean?
Basinful means as much as a basin will hold.
How do you use basinful in a sentence?
Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.
What part of speech is basinful?
Basinful is a noun.
What is the plural of basinful?
The plural of basinful is basinfuls.

Words near basinful in the dictionary

  1. basinasal
  2. basined
  3. basinerved
  4. basinet
  5. basinets
  6. basinful
  7. basinfuls
  8. basing
  9. basing off
  10. basing off of
  11. basing on

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