a bootful of water
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Bootful
Synonyms for "bootful"
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Sample sentences
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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.
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