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n. - The quantity contained in a barrel.

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Usage examples (6)
  • As I could not drive two wagons, I shared with him the remaining water, half a caskful, and went on, with the intention of coming back for him as soon as we should reach...
  • If it can only be carried through it will make all our fortunes, for they must have doubloons stored away by the caskful by this time.
  • I rolled up the chart, wet and soddened as it was with the rain beating on it, and angrily told Tematau, who was steering, to watch the sea, for every now and then the boat...
  • “You will find your credit good, Mr. Pip,” said my guardian, whose flask of sherry smelt like a whole caskful, as he hastily refreshed himself, “but I shall by this...
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