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skinful

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skin⋅ful

[skin-fool]
–noun, plural -fuls.
1. the amount that a skin container can hold.
2. Informal. a large or satisfying amount of food and drink.
3. Informal. an amount of liquor sufficient to make a person drunk.

Origin:
1640–50; skin + -ful


See -ful.
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skinful

  1. n.
    an intoxicating quantity of liquor; enough liquor. (See also have a skinful.) : She knows enough to stop drinking before she gets a skinful.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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