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- noun Plural form of
cupful .
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Examples
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Dell and Brad sitting next to me gagged when they took their tastes, but at least it was just a sip this time and not the spurt spurt spurting cupsful of hot stuff directly from the smelly pulsating cow.
Jay's Journal Dr. Beatrice Sparks 2010
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He ate but a very little and washed his hands, after which I brought him wine and he drank three cupsful.
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Lightly beat four eggs with salt and pepper, cook thinly sliced leeks - about two cupsful - in olive oil until soft, about five minutes, pour egg mixture over, cook until set, on a low heat.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Lightly beat four eggs with salt and pepper, cook thinly sliced leeks - about two cupsful - in olive oil until soft, about five minutes, pour egg mixture over, cook until set, on a low heat.
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"I'm hungry enough to eat two cupsful," said Allee.
At the Little Brown House Ruth Alberta Brown
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Maybe the giants will have some coffee and condensed milk, though they'll have to take about ten cupsful to make them think they've had anything.
Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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It wuz up high and I wuz right under the shelf, so that about three tea-cupsful went down into my neck.
Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 2 Marietta Holley 1881
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It wuz up high and I wuz right under the shelf, so that about three tea-cupsful went down into my neck.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881
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He ate but a very little and washed his hands, after which I brought him wine and he drank three cupsful.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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It is excellent for woman in child-bed (puerperal) fever, after the tsomach and bowels have been emptied with the proper medicines in this disease, it should be given in a decoction lukewarm, two or three tea-cupsful a day.
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