toesful

Noun

toeful (plural toefuls or toesful)

1. The amount that can be kicked or grasped with one's toe.
   • Ahhh, he kicked a toeful of stones from the base of the ruined fountain onto the grass.1954, James B. Hall, Not by the Door, page 169
2. The amount that fills a toe (of a sock, boot, etc.)
   • Woe betide him if he drinks with the toe pointed upward, for as the boot is tilted, a pocket forms at the axis of the ankle and the entire toeful of beer suddenly breaks through the pocket, gushing into the face of the unsuspecting imbiber!1970, Frederic Alexander Birmingham, Falstaff's Complete Beer Book, page 88
3. A quantity that covers a toe.
   • Still, she couldn't help fantasizing, as she lifted a toeful of bubbles out of the tub and watched the glistening foam cascade down her leg, what would happen if she were to rise up out of the water and, wrapped only in a towel, walk into the parlor to find Wes.1985, Rebecca Flanders, Afterglow, page 120

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