Sentence example with the word 'pailful'

pailful

Definition n. the quantity contained in a pail

Last update: June 12, 2015


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For example, suppose it is resolved to use 2 parts of sand to i of cement, and suppose that experiment shows that in a pailful of stones two-fifths of the volume consists of voids, then 2 parts of sand (or sand with cement) will fill voids in 5 parts of stones, and the proportion of cement, sand, stones becomes 1:2:5.   [Please select]

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Do you go and get a pailful of ice, and we'll have plenty for the girls to drink.'   [Please select]

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But the new cow did not stop, and a moment later she stepped into a pailful of milk, and tipped it over.   [Please select]

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"An Irishman who lived at Markdale had a little pig," she said, "and he gave it a pailful of mush."   [Please select]

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Now, how was that, when it held a whole pailful of mush.   [Please select]

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Then he flew off into the village, and brought back a little pailful of water for the fox.   [Please select]

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'So was mine till my father smashed a pailful of cranberries, and rubbed my eyes with them,' replied the wolverine.   [Please select]

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] [Illustration: "When there suddenly came down on us a whole pailful of water."   [Please select]

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The cook had brought his caldron of boiling water to the bulwarks, and threw pailful after pailful down into the boat, while the carpenter bailed over boiling pitch with the great ladle.   [Please select]

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But still the king went on mining, and coining gold by the pailful, until the people were worse even than in the old time.   [Please select]

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