bottomful

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noun

The amount that a bottom (all senses) can hold.

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Meanings

nounbottomful (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralThe amount that a bottom (all senses) can hold.

    To cap it all, a tumble onto a passing echidna has left her with a bottomful of prickles.

    2012, Amanda O'Shea, Poppy and Max
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    Early in each picking session , I was able to answer the question quite accurately by "I have almost a bottomful” or by “ I have a little more than a bottomful.”

    1990, Reino Nikolai Hannula, Bluberry God

    “Did you ever see,”—the barrister's wife was frowning now—"a bottomful of monkeys? That is to say, a cageful of blooming monkey bottoms?”

    2002, Patrick White, Riders in the Chariot, page 323

Origin

From bottom + -ful.

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APA

bottomful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottomful

MLA

“bottomful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottomful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bottomful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottomful.

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