Bootful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    As much as a boot will hold.

    "a bootful of water"

Example

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"The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water."

Etymology

From boot + -ful.

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