Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The amount that a barrel can hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun as much as a
barrel will hold
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe those "bad apples" would provoke a different reaction if executives like Dimon weren't personally supervising such a large barrelful of 'em.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? RJ 2012
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Maybe those "bad apples" would provoke a different reaction if executives like Dimon weren't personally supervising such a large barrelful of 'em.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? RJ 2012
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Maybe those "bad apples" would provoke a different reaction if executives like Dimon weren't personally supervising such a large barrelful of 'em.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? RJ 2012
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Soon he was importing African slaves, making money by the barrelful and building stately mansions.
Sugar in the Raw J.R. McNeill 2011
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Maybe those "bad apples" would provoke a different reaction if executives like Dimon weren't personally supervising such a large barrelful of 'em.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? RJ 2012
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"I can't pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrelful," said Palin.
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But I was advised by my attorney never to sue anybody who prints ink by the barrelful.
Sam Bennett: This just in: The measure of a female candidate isn't in her measurements 2010
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As the dizziness eased, I inhaled a barrelful of air and pressed a blue-glowing button on the controller.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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Such is the power of Kelly and Bloomberg that no one - not one politician, starting with City Council Public Safety Chairman Peter Vallone, nor one mainstream news organization, starting with the New York Times with its barrelful of city-side reporters -- has pursued the circumstances of Schoolcraft's hospital admission.
Len Levitt: Schoolcraft and Serpico: Smearing Prophets as Nuts 2010
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Such is the power of Kelly and Bloomberg that no one - not one politician, starting with City Council Public Safety Chairman Peter Vallone, nor one mainstream news organization, starting with the New York Times with its barrelful of city-side reporters -- has pursued the circumstances of Schoolcraft's hospital admission.
Len Levitt: Schoolcraft and Serpico: Smearing Prophets as Nuts 2010
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