Stomachful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill one's stomach.

    "Now, the stomach, to digest it well, will contain but about ten quarts, and when the animal eats one-third of his daily ration of seven pounds in one and one-half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachsful of hay and saliva, one of these having passed to the intestine."

  2. 2
    As much as one can stomach.
Adjective
  1. 1
    sullen; obstinate; perverse obsolete

Example

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"Now, the stomach, to digest it well, will contain but about ten quarts, and when the animal eats one-third of his daily ration of seven pounds in one and one-half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachsful of hay and saliva, one of these having passed to the intestine."

Etymology

From stomach + -ful.

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