skinful

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skinful

(ˈskɪnˌfʊl)

n, pl -fuls

(Brewing) slang sufficient alcoholic drink to make one drunk (esp in the phrase have a skinful)

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skin•ful

(ˈskɪn fʊl)

n., pl. -fuls.

1. the amount that a skin container can hold.

2. Informal. an amount of liquor sufficient to make a person drunk.

[1640–50]

usage: See -ful.

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Noun

skinful - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful"

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity

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skinful

[ˈskɪnfʊl] N to have had a skinful → estar borracho/a or (LAm) tomado/a

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

skinful

n (Brit inf) to have had a skinful → einen über den Durst getrunken haben, einen sitzen haben (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

skinful

[ˈskɪnfʊl] n (fam) to have (had) a skinful → aver fatto il pieno

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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'E's always pokin' in the mud by the river an' a-cleanin' them muchly-fish with 'is thumbs." Revere was still absorbed in the Company papers, and the Sergeant, who was sternly fond of Bobby, continued, -" 'E generally goes down there when'e's got 'is skinful, beggin' your pardon, sir, an' they do say that the more lush - inebriated 'e is, the more fish 'e catches.

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The waiter, a wild-haired youth in tarred boots and a pink shirt, exclaimed, uncovering his pale gums in a silly grin, that Ziemianitch had got his skinful early in the afternoon and had gone away with a bottle under each arm to keep it up amongst the horses--he supposed.

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