swabful

plural swabfuls

1. As much as a swab holds.

   […] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls.

   2004, Sam North, The Unnumbered, page 63

   3 more examples

   The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene.

   1902 June 1, “Spraying”, in Woodland & Roadside, volume 1, number 2, page 3

   Go over the paper which has been laid down on a board or table top, several times with a swabful of the solution.

   1915, Edwin George Lutz, Practical Drawing, page 232

   A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml.

   1971, Infection and Immunity - Volume 3, page 412