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bushelful

[ boosh-uhl-fool ]

noun

, plural bush·el·fuls.
  1. an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bushelful1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; bushel 1, -ful
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Example Sentences

He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?

Little Klaus gave the farmer his sack with the dry skin, and got instead a good bushelful of money.

He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money.

And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains.

I will give you a whole bushelful of money if you will let me go!'

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