A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel. From LearnThat.org. [Benjamin Franklin. Source: Poor Richard's Almanac, 1758, Preface: Courteous Reader]
Shipping ³600,000 bushel ³bushel ³ 100,000. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia] Reference
After hoistin 'bushel baskets of tomatoes onto a wagon, this feels light to me. From Wordnik.com. [Show Me] Reference
This is over 40 bushels per acre, of 48 lbs. per bushel, which is the standard with us. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
The price was to be three shillings and nine pence per bushel, that is, about ninety-one cents. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington: Farmer] Reference
When fruit at the lowest cost a bushel is the desideratum, neither pruning nor staking is desirable. From Wordnik.com. [Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato] Reference
Not under a bushel, that is, in things pertaining to the palate, nor under a bed, that is, in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark] Reference
Every acre of land, whether cultivated or not, pays a bushel, that is, one schepel and a fifth of wheat. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680] Reference
The measures for use being four-sided, and the sides and bottoms rectangular, the bushel will be a foot cube. From Wordnik.com. [Public Papers] Reference
I don't really know how wide a "bushel" would be, but the nest in the photograph below was indeed quite large. From Wordnik.com. [White stork in Turkey] Reference
A bushel translates to about 8 gallons. From Wordnik.com. [Local Headlines - ABC 13] Reference
He was surprised to see how the "bushel" had diminished in volume since it started. From Wordnik.com. [In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters] Reference
Version "bushel," though properly meaning a Roman measure, amounting to about a peck. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
The word rendered "bushel" is the Roman modius, the largest dry measure in use throughout the Roman Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The Santiago summit produced a bushel of noble pledges. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Breed Of Bandit] Reference
You can buy by the piece, by the pound or by the bushel. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Mercer County, NJ] Reference
"Nobody hides his light under a bushel in this country," he says now. From Wordnik.com. [THE INTERPRETER MOVES IN] Reference
In 1891, a bushel of wheat sold for 96 cents; by 1895, the price was 60 cents. From Wordnik.com. [The Message From 1896?] Reference
They've just bought a half-bushel of local crabs and some spots, a freshwater fish. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Seafood Health Concerns Linger] Reference
"Probably 15-20 bushel an acre increase in corn and about the same in soybeans," he said. From Wordnik.com. [AgWired] Reference
One of the Ragmen brought a bushel of shiny apples and another a handful of pointed little sticks. From Wordnik.com. [The Palatski Man] Reference
No matter how you paint your carriage or fill your bushel of apples you will always be oiling your whip. From Wordnik.com. [Mare] Reference
The armed forces hand out medals by the bushel these days, and most of them have nothing to do with heroism. From Wordnik.com. [Why Medals Matter] Reference
But doing so would take a big bite out of reported profits for companies like Microsoft that issue them by the bushel. From Wordnik.com. [Games With Numbers 101] Reference
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