Definition of "bucketfuls" [bucketfuls]

• Plural form of bucketful. (noun)

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• "The precious water came down in bucketfuls and tubfuls, and in two hours we caught and stored away in the tanks one hundred and twenty gallons."
• "Like Maine, Finland has a convoluted coastline dotted with rocky islands, and Finns even celebrate summer with lobster dinners — or rather, raucous evenings spent obliterating bucketfuls of crayfish."
• "It was here, finally, over the red-and-white checked tablecloths of a touristy restaurant near Faneuil Hall, that I discovered something we had in common: the desire to eat our body weight, over and over again, in New England Clambakes — bucketfuls of briny clams, sweet whole lobsters, and countless hunks of boiled potatoes and corn on the cob."