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pannikinful

pannikinful noun: the quantity that a pannikin will hold.

Noun

pannikinful (plural pannikinfuls or pannikinsful)

  1. The quantity that a pannikin will hold.
    • “Never mind,” said Raikes; “sufficient for the day is the evil thereof; therefore let us have a couple of pannikinsful of soup, and trust for better luck to-morrow.”1853, John Sherer, chapter 12, in The Gold-Finder of Australia, London: Clarke, Beeton & Co, page 117
    • At the bottom is a little hollow, in which is always to be found a few pannikinfuls of beautifully clear, fresh water, which is icy cold.1898, William Charles Scully, chapter 13, in Between Sun and Sand: A Tale of an African Desert, London: Methuen, page 190

Examples of pannikinful in a sentence

  • Many’s the time I’d have given a pound for a pannikinful.1918, G. B. Lancaster, “A Nice Girl”, in The Windsor Magazine, Volume 48, June-November 1918, pp. 72-73:
  • A tall boy of twenty, deeply windburnt, with his clothes in rags, crouched over the fire shovelling a pannikinful of stew into himself at desperate speed […]1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter II, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

Forms of pannikinful

pluralpannikinfuls
pluralpannikinsful

Origin of pannikinful

From pannikin + -ful.

Questions about pannikinful

What does pannikinful mean?
Pannikinful means the quantity that a pannikin will hold.
How do you use pannikinful in a sentence?
Many’s the time I’d have given a pound for a pannikinful.
What part of speech is pannikinful?
Pannikinful is a noun.
What is the plural of pannikinful?
The plural of pannikinful is pannikinfuls.

Words near pannikinful in the dictionary

  1. pannikells
  2. pannikels
  3. pannikin
  4. pannikin boss
  5. pannikin bosses
  6. pannikinful
  7. pannikinfuls
  8. pannikins
  9. pannikinsful
  10. panning
  11. panning and scanning

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