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- noun Plural form of
jugful .
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Examples
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Nedjeh never drank less than two large jugfuls with every meal.
The War of the Crowns Christian Jacq 2002
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He washed his hair while sitting in the bath, pouring jugfuls of water over his head.
Cal Laverty, Bernard Mac 1983
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Things straightened out a bit after that, and I saw there were quantities of flowers in the room, jugfuls in fact, which had been sent to cheer me along.
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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That is why next morning you may see the young fellows who lit the bonfire going from house to house and receiving jugfuls of milk.
Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 5. The Midsummer Fires 1922
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That is why next morning you may see the young fellows who lit the bonfire going from house to house and receiving jugfuls of milk.
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That is why next morning you may see the young fellows who lit the bonfire going from house to house and receiving jugfuls of milk.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Indeed these fellows worried his feet, his body, and his arms like real torturers, poured white wine into his goblet for water, in order to fuddle him, and the better to amuse themselves with him; but they made him drink seven large jugfuls without making belch, break wind, sweat or snort, which horrified them exceedingly, especially as his eye remained as clear as crystal.
Droll Stories — Volume 3 Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Indeed these fellows worried his feet, his body, and his arms like real torturers, poured white wine into his goblet for water, in order to fuddle him, and the better to amuse themselves with him; but they made him drink seven large jugfuls without making belch, break wind, sweat or snort, which horrified them exceedingly, especially as his eye remained as clear as crystal.
Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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That is why next morning you may see the young fellows who lit the bonfire going from house to house and receiving jugfuls of milk.
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