"-worth" meaning in English

See -worth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From worth. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -worth, {{en-suffix}} -worth
  1. Denotes a quantity corresponding to the time, value or dimension of the suffixed term. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: bottlesworth, cupsworth, daysworth, hoursworth, minutesworth, yearsworth
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          "ref": "1941, Betty Swallow, private correspondance, quoted in 2009, Dear Helen: Wartime Letters from a Londoner to Her American Pen Pal, University of Missouri Press, page 177",
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          "ref": "1951, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, page 104:",
          "text": "[S]he alone, to the best of my knowledge, has ridden far and fast in all weathers in the passenger seat, which is not a seat at all but the aforesaid oil tank, all 3½-gallonsworth.",
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