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Capful

noun
(pl. capfuls)
1.
The quantity that a cap will hold.





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"Capful" Quotes from Famous Books



... you are also a theorist. I believe your idea is the true one, but to stand for Parliament as a Labour member you have to belong to one of the acknowledged factions to be sure of any support at all. An independent member can count his votes by the capful." ...
— Nobody's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... cried, seeing us huddled about the companion-way. "I meant to get off without waking you. We made too much noise. I suppose. Smart breeze this. Make ten knots on it, easy. Could put you to the north pole in fifteen days with such a capful,—if there were no ice in the ...
— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens
... mind," said he, "in a capful of wind? 'Tis sent to help us on our way; whereas, had we been taken last night where should we be now? Come, my men, help me shorten sail, for a little will go a long way a night like this. Maiden, to you I trust the helm with a light heart. 'Twill tax ...
— Sir Ludar - A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess • Talbot Baines Reed
... a wayfarer under sail, bound the other way, crept slowly by, carrying, as it seemed to our envious eyes, his own capful of wind with him; and once a boat, bound our way and not under sail, passed us not far off. Our boatmen were beautifully blind to this defeat till their attention had been specifically called to it for an explanation. ...
— Noto, An Unexplored Corner of Japan • Percival Lowell
... always the original, he decided in this case to reverse the common custom. Ashore or at sea, he never permitted himself to be the slave of conventionalities. The Jasper B. had lain so long in one spot that it would undoubtedly take more than a capful of wind to move her. Cleggett did not know when he would get such a strong wind again, coming from the right direction, and determined to make the most of this one while he had it. Genius partly consists in the acuteness ...
— The Cruise of the Jasper B. • Don Marquis
... it. She has to reef when there's a capful of wind. In a calm she will beat us, but when it blows we shall wax her all ...
— The Yacht Club - or The Young Boat-Builder • Oliver Optic


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