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I'm familiar with many non-standard measurements, but neither Google nor my dictionary is able to tell me what's a "skipful".

Anyone would like to give me the definition in SI?




"Skip" is British English for "container" [1].

Of course they come in various sizes, so it means anything from 1.5 m³ to just over 6 m³. A very rough measure, in other words, which makes sense in context.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(container)


"Skip" is actually British English for "dumpster"


D'oh! Killed by a false friend [1]! Thanks.

("Container" is both "container" and "dumpster" in Swedish, and it's pronounced pretty much as "container" in English since it's a loan word, but the meanings have diverged, I guess.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend




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