skinful
English
Etymology
skin + -ful
Noun
skinful (plural skinfuls or skinsful)
- Enough to fill a skin.
- a skinful of wine
- (colloquial) Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.
- I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- When methodist preachers come down,
- A-preaching that drinking is sinful,
- I'll wager the rascals a crown,
- They always preach best with a skinful.
Anagrams
- Lufkins, sinkful