tumblerfuls

Consequently he rose, in suicidal low spirits, as fit for the church as for a dance; and instead, he sat down by the fire and swallowed gin or brandy by tumblerfuls.

Wuthering Heights 2002

Just for pouring down him a few tumblerfuls of a mixture of arrack and spud-spirit that he'd bought for his damned Caliban!

Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming

The brew is distributed in tumblerfuls or in bamboo joints holding about a tumblerful each.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan

Thus he obtained not much less than two tumblerfuls of wine that, as I have said, was stronger than port; and noon was nearing and it was spring in Spain.

Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

The tumblerfuls were generous ones and the raspberry cordial was certainly very nice.

Anne of Green Gables 1908

She usually drank from four to five tumblerfuls of water a day.

Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889

"Will you please bring me two tumblerfuls of water?" he remarked to the mother-oyster.

A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872

And one day, when she was feeling very dry, she drank both tumblerfuls of medicine, and it did not do her any harm; neither did it cure her: she remained the same sick little oyster, -- oh, so sick!

A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872

He could not speak, but only shook his head; and being asked again, "Can I be of any service to you?" made the same sign; but when Captain Wilson offered him some cold tea, and brandy from his flask, he raised his head with a sudden flash of pleasure, and gladly drank two tumblerfuls; then thanked with his eyes and hands.

A Book of Golden Deeds 1864

In less severe cases, drink water with a tea-spoon; it will satisfy a parched palate as much as if you gulped it down in tumblerfuls, and will disorder the digestion very considerably less.

The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866