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- noun Plural form of
capful .
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Examples
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I filled the tub with steaming hot water and added a few capfuls of the vanilla-scented bath oil that had been waiting for me on the counter.
The Reluctant Exhibitionist Jennifer L. Lopez 2011
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Now, get a big pot a 12-quart pot should do it and heat the butter and 2 capfuls of olive oil over medium heat.
Mosh Potatoes Steve “Buckshot” Seabury 2010
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Now, get a big pot a 12-quart pot should do it and heat the butter and 2 capfuls of olive oil over medium heat.
Mosh Potatoes Steve “Buckshot” Seabury 2010
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Note that its instructions indicate that heavily soiled loads require one and a half capfuls, and the half-cap line is a bit tricky to discern from another similar mark about a lower on the cap.
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Note that its instructions indicate that heavily soiled loads require one and a half capfuls, and the half-cap line is a bit tricky to discern from another similar mark about a lower on the cap.
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The sticker reads "2 bouchons par semaine" (2 capfuls a week).
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The sticker reads "2 bouchons par semaine" (2 capfuls a week).
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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The sticker reads "2 bouchons par semaine" (2 capfuls a week).
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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But along the way, another congress under another administration looked at this legislation and like novice gardeners reading instructions on a jar of fertilizer, concluded if one capful works well then two capfuls would undoubtedly work really really well so they doubled the dosage.
Democrazy. Ann Althouse 2008
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Then they are handed to the three katibs, who dip their reed quills into capfuls of ink and start writing.
Handwritten Urdu Newspaper Stands Out in Indian Media Mob 2008
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