snootful
(ˈsnuːtfʊl)
[f. snoot n. + -ful.]
As much (alcohol, etc.) as one can take; a quantity of alcohol, esp. one sufficient to induce drunkenness. Cf. skinful 3 a.
| 1918 R. Lardner Real Dope 43 When somebodys else husband pulls something its O.K. but if their own husband does it he must of had a snoot full. 1935 Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvii. 205 His whole mind was manifestly intent on reaching the smoking-room and getting a snootful. 1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xvi. 117 He was drunk... ‘A snootful, eh?’ 1969 K. Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five ii. 40 Billy didn't usually drink much..but he certainly had a snootful now. 1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xi. 103 Kim..had gotten a snootful of the tear gas. |