Gunful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    as much as a gun can hold.

    "It is better to use only one-half gunful at a time, and give it little jabs ever so often, than to use a whole gunful at a time.”"

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"It is better to use only one-half gunful at a time, and give it little jabs ever so often, than to use a whole gunful at a time.”"

Etymology

From gun + -ful.

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