Noun, : a bucketful of water. From Dictionary.com.
"bucketful" of the smaller speculators, when business was slack. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Then try to pour another bucketful through the funnel. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The stones were wet, pooled with a bucketful of water. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
It won a bucketful of awards – and then 7/7 happened. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I hope that one day he finds happiness by the bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [PoeticaL] Reference
It was like a bucketful of icy spring water splashed over him. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
I have seen water sell on the Sahara at two francs a bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
We could catch them, too, by the bucketful -- even by the truckload. From Wordnik.com. [Outings For Insiders] Reference
Jake saw Bolivar coming from the old cistern with a bucketful of water. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
"If they should happen to want another bucketful of water we're lost men.". From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
PRESSWOOD: In the meantime, he was dumping his by the bucketful, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2006] Reference
It could not be called a drop out of the bucketful, but perhaps a molecule. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
There are plenty of ignorants around who buy this nonsense by the bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The writers were drawing their material up out of themselves by the bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [Roth, Mailer, Bellow Running Out of Gas] Reference
He doesn't believe in wasting time, but I'm wasting it today by the bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Eileen Curran of CNN affiliate WBZ looks at the pooch who eats by the bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2001] Reference
Tuesday: I am at work bright and early, but feel like a bucketful of emu rectums. From Wordnik.com. [drbigbeef Diary Entry] Reference
The match vendor was also there -- another very tiny drop in that great bucketful. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
Comment on one bucketful: "Don't know what the heck that is, but it's good stuff.". From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The fog slopped over its low houses like a bucketful of cold soup over a row of dirty stoves. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Indoors my mattress and bedding were soaked and smelling from a bucketful of dirty paint water. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
A few dabs can be really attractive, but putting on a bucketful makes you smell to high heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Passing The Smell Test?] Reference
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