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Teacupful

noun
(pl. teacupfuls)
1.
As much as a teacup will hold.  Synonym: teacup.






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"Teacupful" Quotes from Famous Books



... boiled Hominy (see below), 1 pint or less of sweet milk, 1/2 teacupful of sugar, 2 eggs (well beaten), 1 teacupful of raisins, spice ...
— The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. • Florence Daniel

... the West, which sometimes cover a whole county, and, of course, having so much, they can afford to sell it a great deal cheaper than you can here. And yet you go on, year after year, paying every cent you can rake and scrape for fertilizing drugs, and getting about a teacupful of wheat,—that is, proportionately speaking. I don't think this sort of thing should continue, Uncle Isham. It would be a great deal better to plough that field for pickles. Now there is a steady market for pickles, ...
— The Late Mrs. Null • Frank Richard Stockton

... and dinner's just ready, and the gentleman'll want some for his salad, and there aint no time to send to the grocery. And mother says, will you lend her a teacupful, Aunt Wealthy? And she's goin' to have some folks there to-night, and she says ...
— Elsie's Girlhood • Martha Finley



Words linked to "Teacupful" :   containerful, teacup



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