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- noun Plural form of
potful .
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Examples
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In addition to her world famous maze gohan (rice mixed with red beans), she also cooked potfuls of snake that apparently filled her kitchen with a powerful aroma.
October 2006 2006
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In addition to her world famous maze gohan (rice mixed with red beans), she also cooked potfuls of snake that apparently filled her kitchen with a powerful aroma.
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Two days shooting procured but two potfuls of birds, consisting of grouse, quail, and pigeons.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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When he yawned, it was potfuls sea cockle-shells. of pickled peas.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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When he yawned, it was potfuls sea cockle-shells. of pickled peas.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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One egg will clear two or three potfuls of coffee if care is exercised in its use.
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After weeks without food, he would break his fast with potfuls of clabbered milk offered to him by devotees.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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After weeks without food, he would break his fast with potfuls of clabbered milk offered to him by devotees.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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The farmer sat gloomily on the bench and would not eat, and you cannot wonder; for he saw us putting potfuls of his good beef and basket-loads of bread into our big mouths.
Viking Tales 1902
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The farmer sat gloomily on the bench and would not eat, and you cannot wonder; for he saw us putting potfuls of his good beef and basket-loads of bread into our big mouths.
Viking Tales Jennie Hall 1898
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