dipperfuls

Joss pulled a pair of vey off his string of cash and got two dipperfuls of water to cleanse his mouth.

Spirit Gate 2006

He headed straight for the water jars and ladled dipperfuls of water over himself, scrubbing himself down with a handful of lye soap and a loofah sponge.

Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

Before he knew it he had helped himself to three dipperfuls.

The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

And Calvin would take three dipperfuls of gold out of his pockets and set them heavily in Napoleon's hands and say, How much of this do you want?

Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995

The corn bread was so dry that Roscoe kept having to dip dipperfuls of water to wash it down.

The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

Before he knew it he had helped himself to three dipperfuls.

Streets of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993

The corn bread was so dry that Roscoe kept having to dip dipperfuls of water to wash it down.

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

But now, as Gertie broke the thin skim of ice on top and lifted dipperfuls of water from it to fill the coffeepot, she smiled on it, remembering the years she had had it, and was filled for a moment with a proud consciousness of ownership, something solid and old, known and proved long ago by hands other than her own.

The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954

In measuring the sugar, it should be remembered that two scant dipperfuls equal one ounce by weight of the sugar.

The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

Slater fetched the camphor bottle, Mr. Furlong pumped, Mr. Stimpcett threw dipperfuls of water -- though owing to his agitation not much of it touched her face -- and grandma called down from the chamber window what should be done.

Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various