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snootful

noun/ˈsnuːtfʊl/

What It Means

A noseful.

A significant ingested quantity of an alcoholic beverage.

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Snootful in Context

“It took almost to noon, and quite a bit of slow, careful rolling, and more than a few snootfuls of seawater, but finally he was free.”

— 2002, S. Wishnevsky, Quetzalsong, page 124

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From snoot + -ful.

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