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skinsful

skinsful is the plural of skinful.

Meaning of skinful

Noun

skinful (plural skinfuls or skinsful)

  1. Enough to fill a skin.
    • a skinful of wine
  2. (colloquial) Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.
    • I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
  3. (slang) 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

Questions about skinsful

What is skinsful the plural of?
Skinsful is the plural of skinful.

Words near skinsful in the dictionary

  1. skins back
  2. skins someone alive
  3. skins the cat
  4. skins the lamb
  5. skins up
  6. skinsful
  7. skinship
  8. skinsuit
  9. skinsuited
  10. skinsuits
  11. skint

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