skinful

noun

Etymology: From skin + -ful.

1. Enough to fill a skin.

   “a skinful of wine”

2. Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.

   “I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.”

   “When methodist preachers come down, A-preaching that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best with a skinful.”

3. Plenty; a large amount.

   “To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?”

   ““Now there's a skinful of abuse!” the curly top exclaimed. “Sounds as if she crossed the ocean just to denounce you in a public place.””