All 4 Uses of
bushel
in
Education of Little Tree
- In 1930, when I was five years old, a bushel of corn sold for twenty-five cents; that is, if you could find anybody that would buy a bushel of corn.†
Chpt 9.
- In 1930, when I was five years old, a bushel of corn sold for twenty-five cents; that is, if you could find anybody that would buy a bushel of corn.†
Chpt 9.
- Even if it had sold for ten dollars a bushel, me and Granpa could not have made a living at it.†
Chpt 9.
- We pulled the wild onions from the ground and just a handful would carry more flavor than a bushel of tame onions.
Chpt 12. *bushel = a large amount (filling an 8 gallon container)
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"