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pail⋅ful

  [peyl-fool]
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–noun, plural -fuls.
a quantity sufficient to fill a pail: a pailful of water.
Origin:
1585–95; pail + -ful

Usage note:
See -ful.
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pail   (pāl)   
n.  

  1. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.

  2. The amount that a pail can hold.


[Middle English paile, probably from Old French paele, warming pan, perhaps from Latin patella, small pan; see paella.]
pail'ful' n.
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