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neckful colloq.|ˈnɛkfʊl|
[f. neck n.1 + -ful 2.]
As much (punishment, vituperation, etc.) as one can endure; cf. phr. to get (or catch, take) it in the neck (neck n.1 1 e). So ˈneckfull a., full up to the neck; cf. neck v.1 2.
1920R. Graves Country Sentiment 71 On pay-day nights, neck-full with beer, Old soldiers stumbling homeward here. 1950W. Hammond Cricketers' School ii. 30 There was plenty of time..to give them a neckful of their own medicine. |