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n. - As much as an eating implement consisting of a small oval or round shallow bowl with a handle will hold

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Usage examples (38)
  • The combination of the pickled cabbage, along with rice, minced pork, and pork chop on one spoonful, is amazing.
  • I knew that as soon as I read the words - 'spoonful" - 'stir" - -oven-.
  • If her husband managed to sneak a spoonful of Ensure into her mouth, she usually spit it out.
  • "Nokehick, that is, a spoonful of parched meal with a spoonful of water, which will strengthen them to travel a day."
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