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pipeful

[ pahyp-fool ]

noun

plural pipefuls.
  1. a quantity sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe:

    a pipeful of tobacco.



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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pipeful1

First recorded in 1595–1605; pipe 1 + -ful
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Example Sentences

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Francie heard that the principal often came down to Mr. Jenson’s furnace room to sit and talk for a few moments while he smoked a pipeful of tobacco.

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There was only the sound made by a man in the corner who drew noisily on a pipeful of rum-flavored tobacco, causing it to glow on and off, a red disk in the dark.

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If this is unsuccessful, give a clyster, made with a pipeful of tobacco, boiled for a few minutes in a pint of water.

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Olelbis gave him another pipeful, and he smoked it out, but was not possessed.

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When the railroad men rewarded his little services with a pipeful or a package of his favorite brand, Stiggs was a very happy man.

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