saucerful

And she went into the dairy, followed by all the cats, and gave each one a little red saucerful.

The Orange Fairy Book 2003

Having set it before us, he put a saucerful of the snacks on the mantel for Edgar.

Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

Inspired, Aunt Peggy poured out a saucerful and touched it with a match.

WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories Holland, Barbara 1999

Then he ladled out a saucerful and, finishing it off with musk and rose-water, put it in a cloth, which he sealed, and gave it to the eunuch, who hastened back with it.

Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981

"What do you mean by 'at work in the world'?" said the master, pausing with his lips close to his saucerful of tea, and peering at Tom over it.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

Pat finished a saucerful of sop and then looked up knowingly at his master, as if to say, "These are famous quarters -- don't tramp any further to-night."

Dick Lionheart Mary Rowles Jarvis

She took the kittens up into the loft and fastened them in, after giving them a saucerful of milk.

Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

-- Children should not be allowed to eat too much cereal at one meal, -- never more than one small saucerful.

The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

She gave him his saucerful of tea, and fed him recklessly with macaroons; but Jock was uneasy beneath her ministrations.

The Making of a Soul Kathlyn Rhodes

"Come, Mahaly," said a fresh-looking young fellow with a saucerful in each hand, "here's your ice-cream; -- let's go in the corner and have a celebration, us two."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various