All 3 Uses of
bushel
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Every day they bestowed upon the statue of Bel twelve bushels of flour, forty sheep, and fifty gallons of wine.†
Chpt 4 *
- A neighbor down the road had a mean goose and hogs, whose manure Mother toted home daily like a good African in two balanced bushel pails.†
Chpt 5
- I begged them to send telegrams on Anatole's behalf, and they will, by the bushel.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
a large amount
or:
a unit of measure used for dry goods (filling an 8 gallon container)
or:
a unit of measure used for dry goods (filling an 8 gallon container)