gourdful

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noun

As much as a gourd wili carry

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Meanings

noungourdful (plural gourdfuls or gourdsful)

plural gourdfuls · plural gourdsful

  1. As much as a gourd wili carry

    Mother, make Harry bring me a gourdful fresh from the spring.

    1921, Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Macaria
    3 more examples

    She had been milked only a few hours before, and so he got only a gourdful from her.

    1909, William Dean Howells, Boy Life

    Cephas got a gourdful of water from the pail in the sink, and carried it carefully over to the table.

    1900, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Pembroke

    I had a grim sense of amusement on finding that the old woman was not deaf, for she went out, and presently came back with a gourdful, which I eagerly drank.

    1866, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866

Origin

From gourd + -ful.

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gourdful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourdful

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Chicago

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