"dropful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dropfuls [plural], dropsful [plural]
Etymology: drop + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drop|ful|pos=noun}} drop + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dropsful}} dropful (plural dropfuls or dropsful)
  1. A single drop (of a liquid).
    Sense id: en-dropful-en-noun-an6ids40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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          "text": "When the good skipper and his careful crew Have had their latest earthly draught of brine, And gone to quench, or to endure their thirst, Where nectar's plenty, or even water's scarce, And filter'd to the parched crew by dropsful.",
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          "ref": "1984, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, My transportation for life, page 553",
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          "ref": "1995, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps",
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