bowlfull

plural bowlfulls · plural bowlsfull

1. uncommonNow uncommon spelling of bowlful.

   In some localities the women will amuse themselves by dashing bowlsfull of water on the passers by.

   1870 July, Samuel J[ones] Smith, “[Local Items.] Songkran.”, in The Siam Repository. Containing a Summary of Asiatic Intelligence, […], volume 2, number 1, Bangkok: […] Smith’s Place, […], page 327, column 1

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   When indigestion begins, take large quantities of borage tea well sugared [212]; take 30 centigrammes of aloes (99), and, during the night, one or two bowlfulls of herb broth [104].

   1846, F[rançois] V[incent] Raspail, translated by A. Fortier, “Indigestion, difficult digestion”, in Annual Diary of Health or Family Physician & Druggist, […], New Orleans, La.: [s.n.], part third (Family medicine, or detailed application of the principles given in the two preceding parts to the treatment of the most common diseases), section II (Particular application of the principles of our system of treatment to the several diseases), page 75

   The Persians are surprised at our small doses of medicine; for their own physicians administer their drugs in large bowlsfull.

   1857, Robert B. M. Binning, “Route from Bushire to Kauzeroon.—Chughaduk.—Brazgoon.—Dâlikee.—Pass of Mullooh.—Persian Caravansary.—Kumaridj.—Arrival at Kauzeroon.”, in A Journal of Two Years’ Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc. […], volume I, Wm. H. Allen and Co., […], page 166

   They stopped at the door and asked for milk; the mother brought them brimming bowlsfull and the shy little girl crept up behind her mother with her birch-bark baskets of berries.

   1861, [Jane Andrews], “The Little Mountain Maiden”, in The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, pages 51–52

   All these ferry-boats, excepting the very smallest, form dwellings for their owners; and it is a curious sight towards evening to see them drawn up along the river bank, or up the creeks, in rows of three or four deep, with their occupants enjoying the evening meal, ladling into their mouths with chop-sticks bowlsfull of rice, or partaking of a more varied fare of vegetables, bits of pork, fish, or meat of a more questionable nature.

   1872, A[rthur] D[rummond] Carlisle, “Canton”, in Round the World in 1870: An Account of a Brief Tour Made through India, China, Japan, California, and South America, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], pages 117–118

   I haven’t been able to work up an appetite all week, and now suddenly I feel as if I could eat anything! A mountain of tortillas—two bowlsfull of chili, oranges and papayas—and oceans of wine to wash it all down with!

   1974, Rosemary Rogers, “Part Seven: ‘La Guerra’”, in Sweet Savage Love, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 599