"skinful" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɪnfəl/ Forms: skinfuls [plural], skinsful [plural]
Etymology: skin + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skin|ful|pos=noun}} skin + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|skinsful}} skinful (plural skinfuls or skinsful)
  1. Enough to fill a skin.
    Sense id: en-skinful-en-noun-p5lMRsH3
  2. (colloquial) Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Drinking
    Sense id: en-skinful-en-noun-eZmSelcb Disambiguation of Drinking: 13 70 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 82 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 78 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 82 13 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 11 61 28
  3. (slang) Plenty; a large amount. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-skinful-en-noun-0cpXPJ7X

Inflected forms

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