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Answer for the clue "Bucket measure ", 7 letters:
pailful
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Word definitions for pailful in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quantity contained in a pail [syn: pail ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pailful \Pail"ful\, n.; pl. Pailfuls . The quantity that a pail will hold. ``By pailfuls.'' --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An amount that would fill a pail.
Usage examples of pailful.
If you think the manure is fermenting too rapidly, and that the ammonia is escaping, trample the manure down firmly about the chimneys, thus closing them up, and if need be, or if convenient, throw more manure on top, or throw on a few pailfuls of water.
Mackenzie also mentions an infant of three who had polydipsia from birth and drank daily nearly two pailfuls of water.
And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside.