pipeful

[ pahyp-fool ]

noun,plural pipe·fuls.
  1. a quantity sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe: a pipeful of tobacco.

Origin of pipeful

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; pipe1 + -ful

usage note For pipeful

See -ful.

Words Nearby pipeful

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How to use pipeful in a sentence

  • The Factor filled the interval by relating a ludicrous anecdote for his companion's benefit, and chopping a pipeful of plug.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
  • Take him away fr'm th' supper table at wanst, give him a pipeful iv tobacco an' walk him three times around th' block.'

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • In lieu of money the gamblers wagered with cedar-berries, each of which berries represented a pipeful of tobacco.

  • He never trusted Captain Scraggs with anything more valuable than a pipeful of tobacco.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • With much reluctance the handy man surrenders, and begs a pipeful of tobacco for threading the needle.

    Beggars | W. H. (William Henry) Davies