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- noun Plural form of
plateful .
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Examples
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Barbacoa de chivo (barbecued goat) in a broth with vegetables arrives in deep ceramic soup bowls, along with tortillas and platesful of chopped onion, cilantro, cabbage, fresh chili and radish.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Barbacoa de chivo (barbecued goat) in a broth with vegetables arrives in deep ceramic soup bowls, along with tortillas and platesful of chopped onion, cilantro, cabbage, fresh chili and radish.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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He waved at the table he had ** bottles and glasses, platesful of breads, cheeses, sausage, lox, — * ™ r tanuba, from somewhere a vaseful of flowers.
The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978
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He next poured out a porringer of milk, to which he afterwards added one-third of the peach pie, and several platesful of rice pudding.
My First Cruise and Other stories William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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One lousy beer and six or seven platesful of the caramelized eggplant dumplings. "
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One lousy beer and six or seven platesful of the caramelized eggplant dumplings. "
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You can have three platesful, but don't you spoil my hat! "cried the cook, as he received back his sombrero.
The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Frank V. Webster
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