kettleful

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Etymology

Noun

kettleful (plural kettlefuls or kettlesful)

  1. An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.
    • 1922, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Stories:
      Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

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