| But the simple pleasures of a campfire, a mugful of whisky and a book read by torch-light made the long, dark nights something to look forward to. |
| Tip the pot and spoon off most of the fat – there may be as much as a mugful of it – being careful to leave behind all the coagulated milk clusters. |
| We had a good time eating our meal, with a mugful of Esther's home-brew. |
| A little while later I relaxed my inactivity long enough to make a pot of tea and take a steaming mugful out. |
| Because there is, to extend a tenuous metaphor, a good mugful of murky stuff beneath. |
| In another, a man sits down for a bath, pouring grey water by the mugful over his head. |
