The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GALLON
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More clues leading to the result GALLON
- Liquid measure, litre, held by girl, working
- Amount of liquid consumed's endless, everyone being drunk
- Capacity of old vessel reduced by one quarter
- Capacity for bitterness nothing new
- Capacity to get on after bitterness?
- Liquid measure, litre, swallowed by girl, working
- Tank unit traversing Donegal and Londonderry
- Good to get everything working — here’s quantity of fuel
- Measure taken in old ship after European disembarks
- Measure from cheek to leg
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What does GALLON mean?
GALLON noun- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- Exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- One-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- (in the plural) A large quantity (of any liquid).