• Skinful

    Origin

    skin + -ful

    Full definition of skinful

    Noun

    skinful

    (plural skinfuls or skinsful)
    1. Enough to fill a skin.a skinful of wine
    2. (colloquial) Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
      • 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, When methodist preachers come down,A-preaching that drinking is sinful,I'll wager the rascals a crown,They always preach best with a skinful.
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