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In some senses, gutful is marked as informal, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
gutful
noun 2
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2VERB + GUTFUL
drank
GUTFUL + NOUN
beer
Definitions
noun
1
As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.
He drank a gutful of beer.
In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes.
2
As much as one is willing to hear or experience; as much as or more than one can bear; too much; a surfeit.
I've had a gutful of politics lately.
By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name it, we'd had a gutful of it.
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He drank a gutful of beer.
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In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes.
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Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.
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