toothbrushful
toothbrushful noun: enough to fill or cover (the bristles of) a toothbrush.
Noun
toothbrushful (plural toothbrushfuls)
- Enough to fill or cover (the bristles of) a toothbrush.
- The pigs he describes as weird pictures of porcine woe, with noses so long and pointed that a drove seen rooting about in a cane-piece was mistaken for a pack of under-sized deerhounds lazily picking up a lost scent; as for ham, it would have taken several hogs to supply that necessary part of the...1888 June 2, “Down the Islands: a Voyage to the Caribbees. By William Agnew Paton. (Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.)”, in The Athenæum: Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama...
- She always hoped there might be extra excitement, like Dominic or Benjy or myself putting a finger under the running tap and squirting her, one of us blowing bubbles for her or, best of all, the boys flipping toothbrushfuls of cold water over her.1978, Nicola Schaefer, Does She Know She’s There?, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, pages 136–137
Forms of toothbrushful
| plural | toothbrushfuls |
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Origin of toothbrushful
From toothbrush + -ful.
Questions about toothbrushful
- What does toothbrushful mean?
- Toothbrushful means enough to fill or cover (the bristles of) a toothbrush.
- What part of speech is toothbrushful?
- Toothbrushful is a noun.
- What is the plural of toothbrushful?
- The plural of toothbrushful is toothbrushfuls.
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