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Webster 1913 Edition


Skinful

Skin′ful

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Skinfuls
.
As much as a skin can hold.

Definition 2024


skinful

skinful

English

Noun

skinful (plural skinfuls or skinsful)

  1. Enough to fill a skin.
    a skinful of wine
  2. (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.