Spoonful

Examples

• Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A helot of Agesilaus made us a dish of Spartan broth, but I was not able to get down a second spoonful. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• But failing, he laid her head gently down again, got a pillow and placed it under her dark hair, and sought on the table for a spoonful of brandy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A tea-spoonful to a table-spoonful of the powder is dissolved in 1 pint of water, requiring from 1/2 to 1 hour to make the solution. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Amy, who was fond of delicate fare, took a heaping spoonful, choked, hid her face in her napkin, and left the table precipitately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My uncle was judged to have won the making, but Tom Smart beat him in the drinking by about half a salt-spoonful. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He had scarcely swallowed the last spoonful, when there came a soft rap at the door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Rosamond's presence at that moment was perhaps no more than a spoonful brought to the lake, and her woman's instinct in this matter was not dull. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Soak the clothes over night in water to which has been added a table-spoonful of the fluid for each gallon of water; also add a little in washing water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Come, Josh, he said, in a cajoling tone, give us a spoonful of brandy, and a sovereign to pay the way back, and I'll go. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Use two tea-spoonfuls to a quart of flour. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Two table-spoonfuls to a tumbler of cold water will make an excellent drink as refreshing as the best lemonade. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• One to two tea-spoonfuls to a quart of flour. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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