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English
Etymology
From boot + -ful.
Noun
bootful (plural bootfuls or bootsful)
- As much as a boot will hold.
- a bootful of water
1873, Samuel Hazard, “Cotuy”, in Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 301:The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water.
Translations
as much as a boot will hold
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