Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun As much as a can will hold.

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  • noun As much as a can will hold.

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  • noun the quantity contained in a can

Etymologies

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can +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • If the tiny canful which is our selves is pure and unsoiled, then when it meets the world it will blend with the Spirit which informs the world perfectly harmoniously, without distress or dislocation.

    Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

  • If the tiny canful which is our selves is pure and unsoiled, then when it meets the world it will blend with the Spirit which informs the world perfectly harmoniously, without distress or dislocation.

    Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

  • By dint of these energetic proceedings he was in a short time able to return to the place where his passenger lay sick and exhausted, with a cup, or rather a canful, of tea; for everything was on a large scale on board of the JUMPING JENNY.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • He keeps half a dozen cans of Sterno hidden in his gear, and as soon as he turns off the camera, he whips off his shirt, pours a canful of Sterno into it, and squeezes the juice directly into his mouth, and then uses the leftover jelly as a sex lube to make the long, cold night a little bit cheerier.

    Die Oberen Zehn 2007

  • Dig a canful of worms and get there while the water is still rising, and you could hit the jackpot.

    The Hell of High Water 2002

  • Captain Mitchell had ordered that the heavy barrel be lugged on deck to the sunlight before drawing the varnish, but what a chore that was when all they needed was a canful.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • All I heard was my name and I turned to be splashed with a small canful of gasoline.

    Rain V. C. Andrews 2001

  • All I heard was my name and I turned to be splashed with a small canful of gasoline.

    Rain V. C. Andrews 2001

  • Don't forget to gather the eggs and throw out a canful of scratch for the chickens around five o'clock.

    The Secret Of The Mansion Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1984

  • Don't forget to gather the eggs and throw out a canful of scratch for the chickens around five o'clock.

    The Secret of the Mansion Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1984

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