rubberful
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rubberful (plural rubberfuls or rubbersful)
- Enough to fill a rubber (any sense).
- 1909, Cyril Hall, The young carpenter, page 266:
- The object of this oiling is twofold : first, it obviates any tendency of the grain to rise ; and secondly, it forms a flux which allows the first few rubbersful of polish to flow evenly without sticking and tearing.
- 1989, Tabor Evans, Longarm and the day of death, page 180:
- Perkins wasn't about to let the rubberful of diamonds out of his sight before he saw I'd taken the bait.
- 1995, Larry Townsend, Ask Larry, page 183:
- I don't think that mailing a used rubberful of cum is going to harm it, particularly.
- 2011, R. Bitmead, French Polishing and Enamelling:
- When this is thoroughly hard it is nicely smoothed with fine paper, a few rubberfuls of polish is given, and it is then ready for spiriting off.