half-bucket-full

Updated: May 13, 2025

I went away pretty well loaded, and walked to the galley. "Here," I said, trying to speak merrily, but it was all forced, for I felt exceedingly nervous. "I was asking you just now what was for dinner. Here you are kangaroo-tail for our dinner, and that soup in the blue tin; and you're to put plenty of water to this other one, and make a half-bucket-full of soup for the men in the forecastle.

George Manville Fenn - Sail Ho!: A Boy at Sea