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Mouthful   /mˈaʊθfˌʊl/   Listen
Mouthful

noun
(pl. mouthfuls)
1.
The quantity that can be held in the mouth.
2.
A small amount eaten or drunk.  Synonym: taste.





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"Mouthful" Quotes from Famous Books



... So the mother was really coming, like a good little Red-riding-hood, to bring her son's dinner into the forest, when she met with the wolf! Pray, has he eaten up the two kids at a mouthful?" ...
— Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge
... in stirring the contents of the large kettle, and occasionally devouring a mouthful ...
— The Buffalo Runners - A Tale of the Red River Plains • R.M. Ballantyne
... A mouthful of arrack {fermented liquor made from rice or the juice of the palm} from the serang's jar revived him. No sooner was he in command of his breath than he implored his rescuers for their help and protection. He had escaped, he said, from Hugli Fort, not without a gunshot ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang
... stupefaction of the geographer, however, the first mouthful was greeted with a general grimace, and such exclamations as—"Tough!" "It is horrible." "It is ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne
... every mouthful choked him. "Rindy'll be awful good to him," she said after a long pause. "She thinks he's the loveliest child she ever set eyes on, but she was afraid her husband would think he was too much of a baby if she took him home with those long curls on. She cut 'em off before they started, and I ...
— Big Brother • Annie Fellows-Johnston


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