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stoupful en · NOUN

Etymology

From stoup + -ful.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Enough to fill a stoup, or bucket.
   • A housekeeper was also forthcoming, who appears to have been picked up by the Colonel on Rutherglen Bridge under the most romantic circumstances, for she was then engaged fetching two stoupsful of water from the fountain to modify the strength of her father’s Highland whisky. 1861 August 10, The Glasgow Herald, number 6733, page 2:

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