ˈbushelful
[see -ful.]
As much as fills a bushel; fig. a large quantity.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. iv. ix. 474 Worth..a buyschel ful of gold. 1600–12 J. M. in Shaks. C. Praise 98 Lovers will tell a bushell-full of Lyes! 1818 Scott Rob Roy v, Nature has given him a mouthful of common sense, and the priest has added a bushelful of learning. 1861 Temple-bar Mag. I. 188 A bushelful of gold pieces would scarcely have sufficed. |