scuttlefuln.
/ˈskʌt(ə)lfʊl/ As much as will fill a scuttle.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a hod or scuttle
scuttlefulc1440
hod1573
hodful1801
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 109 He tuke a skuttylfull of corn.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xli. 253 You must first put horse-dung..a scuttle full to euerie border.
1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin v. i I thought the gift as entirely gratuitous, mon cher, as giving a scuttle-ful of coals to Newcastle.
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n.c1440- goldilocks polytrichon
- goldilocks principle
- goldilocks zone
- goldilockses
- golding
- golding pippin
- goldinlaid
- goldish
- goldish-coloured
- goldish-looking
- goldish-red
- goldish-tinted
- goldish-yellow
- goldishcoloured
- goldishlooking
- goldishness
- goldishred
- goldishtinted
- goldishyellow
- goldite
- goldknop
- goldlaced
- goldleafed
- goldless
- goldlike