skinful
Syllables: skin·ful/ˈskɪnfəl/
skinful noun: enough to fill a skin.
Noun
skinful (plural skinfuls or skinsful)
- Enough to fill a skin.
- a skinful of wine
- Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.
- I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
- When methodist preachers come down,
A-preaching that drinking is sinful,
I'll wager the rascals a crown,
They always preach best with a skinful.1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- Plenty; a large amount.
- To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10
- “Now there's a skinful of abuse!” the curly top exclaimed. “Sounds as if she crossed the ocean just to denounce you in a public place.”2011, Anne Emery, Death at Christy Burke's, page 102
Examples of skinful in a sentence
- “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 140:
- "People who've had a skinful," Robey explains.2024 August 7, Paul Clifton, “You absolute moron!”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 54:
Forms of skinful
| plural | skinfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | skinsful |
Origin of skinful
From skin + -ful.
Words that rhyme with skinful
Questions about skinful
- What does skinful mean?
- Skinful means enough to fill a skin.
- How do you use skinful in a sentence?
- “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”
- What part of speech is skinful?
- Skinful is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skinful?
- Skinful is pronounced /ˈskɪnfəl/.
- What is the plural of skinful?
- The plural of skinful is skinfuls.
Words near skinful in the dictionary
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