bucketful

noun

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Etymology: From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

The quantity contained in a bucket.
“"I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."”
A large quantity.
“But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]”
“"Confound it all," snorted Mr. Tupworthy indignantly, "you're flooding my flat. The water's coming through my bathroom ceiling in bucketfuls. The plaster'll fall next. Can't you stop it? Has a pipe burst or something?"”