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Spoonful   /spˈunfˌʊl/   Listen
noun
Spoonful  n.  (pl. spoonfuls)  
1.
The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
2.
Hence, a small quantity.





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"Spoonful" Quotes from Famous Books



... tempting custard. Frank inspected it carefully to make sure it had not been tampered with. In so doing he attracted the attention of those round him. He took a generous spoonful and made a hasty dive for the kitchen amid lively ...
— Chicken Little Jane on the Big John • Lily Munsell Ritchie
... one-half hour or until well cooked. Lift out carefully, place on hot platter and pour over one-fourth cup of melted butter and sprinkle well with one tablespoon of parsley. Serve in a separate bowl the following sauce; a large spoonful with each portion of fish: Peel one-half pound of horseradish root, grate and mix well with one pint of cream beaten stiff. The fish must be hot and the ...
— The International Jewish Cook Book • Florence Kreisler Greenbaum
... A TABLE-SPOONFUL is frequently mentioned in a recipe, in the prescriptions of medical men, and also in medical, chemical, and gastronomical works. By it is generally meant and understood a measure or bulk equal to that which would be produced by half ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton
... Peter's Day (the twenty-ninth of June); for in Belgium the Eve of St. Peter's Day is celebrated by bonfires and dances exactly like those which commemorate St. John's Eve. The ashes of the St. John's fires are deemed by Belgian peasants an excellent remedy for consumption, if you take a spoonful or two of them, moistened with water, day by day. People also burn vervain in the fires, and they say that in the ashes of the plant you may find, if you look for it, the "Fool's Stone."[491] In many parts of Brabant St. Peter's bonfire used to be much larger than that of his rival St. John. ...
— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer
... sat down to the neatly spread supper-table, he felt more convinced than ever that things were exceedingly well managed for him in this best of all possible worlds. Pausing in the act of conveying a large spoonful of steaming soup to his ...
— The Master-Christian • Marie Corelli


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