Dipperfuls

Joss pulled a pair of vey off his string of cash and got two dipperfuls of water to cleanse his mouth. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He headed straight for the water jars and ladled dipperfuls of water over himself, scrubbing himself down with a handful of lye soap and a loofah sponge. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2003)

The corn bread was so dry that Roscoe kept having to dip dipperfuls of water to wash it down. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)

Before he knew it he had helped himself to three dipperfuls. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)

And Calvin would take three dipperfuls of gold out of his pockets and set them heavily in Napoleon's hands and say, How much of this do you want? ❋ Card, Orson Scott (1995)

But now, as Gertie broke the thin skim of ice on top and lifted dipperfuls of water from it to fill the coffeepot, she smiled on it, remembering the years she had had it, and was filled for a moment with a proud consciousness of ownership, something solid and old, known and proved long ago by hands other than her own. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

In measuring the sugar, it should be remembered that two scant dipperfuls equal one ounce by weight of the sugar. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Slater fetched the camphor bottle, Mr. Furlong pumped, Mr. Stimpcett threw dipperfuls of water -- though owing to his agitation not much of it touched her face -- and grandma called down from the chamber window what should be done. ❋ Various (N/A)

I then poured all the milk I had into a large bucket, added a dipper, and, threading in and out among the horses, ladled out dipperfuls until it was all gone. ❋ Fannie A. Beers (N/A)

[4] If the milk sugar be measured in the milk-dipper, two scant dipperfuls may be calculated as one ounce. ❋ L. Emmett Holt (N/A)

A youth at the corner shop was sprinkling the dusty road by throwing dipperfuls of water from a wooden bucket which he carried. ❋ Unknown (1920)

(1 1/2 dipperfuls (Figure 87) of milk sugar weigh 1 ounce.) ❋ Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (N/A)

Since she didn’t offer him the use of a bucket, Webb took off his hat and ladled a couple of dipperfuls into the upturned crown. ❋ Janet Dailey (1983)