Both Uses of
bushel
in
Main Street
- He asked the veterinarian about the value of different breeds of stock; he inquired of Lyman Cass whether or not Einar Gyseldson really had had a yield of forty bushels of wheat to the acre.†
Chpt 16 *
- Being careful about words, when there's millions of bushels off wheat here!†
Chpt 29
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"