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scuttleful|ˈskʌt(ə)lfʊl| [f. scuttle n.1 + -ful.] As much as will fill a scuttle.
c1440Alphabet of Tales 109 He tuke a skuttylfull of corn. 1600Surflet Country Farm ii. xli. 253 You must first put horse dung..a scuttle full to euerie border. 1897Watts-Dunton Aylwin v. i, I thought the gift as entirely gratuitous, mon cher, as giving a scuttle-ful of coals to Newcastle. |