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teacupful

[ tee-kuhp-fool ]

noun

plural teacupfuls.
  1. as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of teacupful1

First recorded in 1695–1705; teacup + -ful
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Winston poured out nearly a teacupful, nerved himself for a shock, and gulped it down like a dose of medicine.

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Thus a large kettleful of boiling water will evidently contain more heat than a teacupful, though both may be at the same temperature.

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Between them they give at most a teacupful of milk, and generally none.

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Just before taking from the fire stir in the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, with three or four truffles chopped the size of a pea, and a teacupful of sherry or white wine.

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Put a teacupful of this in two gallons of drinking water.

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