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March 24, 2009 10: 44 PM we are never full said ... those look way too bite-sized. i'd prob. end up throwing them all in my mouth in one palmful.
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I felt manly, eating only a palmful of chard for breakfast, washed down with two cupped hands of water.
Paul Jury: 6 Things I Learned on the Fast Track Detox Diet Paul Jury 2011
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Tetchy like a man holding a hammer and a palmful of fresh teeth, tetchy like someone being conned into a Monte.
'Free' healthcare? That has to be the greatest oxymoron of our age | AL Kennedy 2011
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I felt manly, eating only a palmful of chard for breakfast, washed down with two cupped hands of water.
Paul Jury: 6 Things I Learned on the Fast Track Detox Diet Paul Jury 2011
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When he had a palmful, he got up and tossed them over the railing.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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With a palmful of shampoo, Felicia scrubbed away the hairspray, tearing out the remaining pins in her hair.
Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010
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She makes Owen a sandwich, he is in the bathroom shaving and slapping on a great palmful of stinking cologne.
Independence Day Bosely Gravel 2010
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He leaned over with a palmful of dominoes and slapped me across the face.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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Bellows Falls, Vt. For the average adult the appropriate amount is a full palmful.
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For the average adult, the appropriate amount is a full palmful.
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