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单词 snootful
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snootfuln.

/ˈsnuːtfʊl/
Etymology: < snoot n. + -ful suffix.
As much (alcohol, etc.) as one can take; a quantity of alcohol, esp. one sufficient to induce drunkenness. Cf. skinful n. 1b.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > large drink
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1918 R. Lardner Real Dope 43 When somebodys else husband pulls something its O.K. but if their own husband does it he must of had a snoot full.
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvii. 205 His whole mind was manifestly intent on reaching the smoking-room and getting a snootful.
1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xvi. 117 He was drunk... ‘A snootful, eh?’
1969 K. Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five ii. 40 Billy didn't usually drink much..but he certainly had a snootful now.
1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xi. 103 Kim..had gotten a snootful of the tear gas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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