Both Uses of
bushel
in
Anna Karenina
- We sold about eight bushels and sowed a rood.†
Part 2 *
- Lands gone out of cultivation, overgrown with weeds, or divided among the peasants, and where millions of bushels were raised you get a hundred thousand; the wealth of the country has decreased.†
Part 3
Definition:
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(bushel) a unit of measure used for dry goods (filling an 8 gallon container)
or:
a large amount -- as in "bushels of fun"