Definition of billyful in English:

billyful

nounˈbɪlɪfʊl

Australian, NZ

As much as can be held or carried in a billy.
he'd gone down to the creek for a billyful of water
Example sentencesExamples
- I gathered a billyful of mussels, which we had for supper.
- We agreed to sacrifice a small billyful of our remaining stock of water for this unfortunate last victim to our enterprise.
- So I picked a billyful of mushrooms for Patty and me and a paper-bagful of toadstools for Folsom.
- Rich patches of the precious metal occur frequently, and a man took 54 ounces out of what he described as a 'billyful of stuff'.
- The coldest natural temperature recorded on earth (-89°C) was recorded there—so cold that, toss a billyful of liquid water high in the air, and it crashes to the ground as ice.
- Then she was standing in the gateway, as she had stood at the door the other morning when she came with the billyful of soup.
- He threw more wood on top of the socks and made a billyful of tea to start the morning off.
- Clutching my brimming billyful of milk, I make my way carefully back across the 'home-paddock' to the gravel road.
- We managed to pick up a billyful of plum pudding as well as apple pies and cream, which had been ordered in anticipation on the previous Friday night.
- He watched as we staggered in, and he handed us a billyful of orange juice.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from billy¹ + -ful.

词汇	billyful
释义	Definition of billyful in English: billyful nounˈbɪlɪfʊl Australian, NZ As much as can be held or carried in a billy. he'd gone down to the creek for a billyful of water Example sentencesExamples I gathered a billyful of mussels, which we had for supper. We agreed to sacrifice a small billyful of our remaining stock of water for this unfortunate last victim to our enterprise. So I picked a billyful of mushrooms for Patty and me and a paper-bagful of toadstools for Folsom. Rich patches of the precious metal occur frequently, and a man took 54 ounces out of what he described as a 'billyful of stuff'. The coldest natural temperature recorded on earth (-89°C) was recorded there—so cold that, toss a billyful of liquid water high in the air, and it crashes to the ground as ice. Then she was standing in the gateway, as she had stood at the door the other morning when she came with the billyful of soup. He threw more wood on top of the socks and made a billyful of tea to start the morning off. Clutching my brimming billyful of milk, I make my way carefully back across the 'home-paddock' to the gravel road. We managed to pick up a billyful of plum pudding as well as apple pies and cream, which had been ordered in anticipation on the previous Friday night. He watched as we staggered in, and he handed us a billyful of orange juice. Origin Mid 19th century: from billy¹ + -ful.
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