dipperful
English
Etymology
From dipper + -ful.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪpəfʊl/
Noun
dipperful (plural dipperfuls or dippersful)
- (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- 1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science, New York: Harper & Bros., Book 1, Chapter 3, p. 28,
- I took up the Christian Science book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half.
- 2007 February 3, “A Rare Bill in Congress”, in New York Times:
- Earmarks — those undebated dipperfuls of taxpayer-financed contracts that tripled under the Republicans — will undoubtedly return in the new budget.
- 1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science, New York: Harper & Bros., Book 1, Chapter 3, p. 28,