"Tom, this here is concentrated, dehydrated spinach-a kettleful.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab]
Miss Campbell was never known to boil a kettleful of water, let alone cook a meal. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
A large kettleful will never have the color and brightness of two or three glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
I put on gloves, boiled up a kettleful, and just poured, then rubbed, then poured. From Wordnik.com. [I Hate Entropy (and the feeling's mutual) - A Dress A Day] Reference
There was no water heater, so hot water was produced a kettleful at a time on the propane stove. From Wordnik.com. [The Emerald Triangle]
She ordered her servants to make a big fire, while she herself stirred and cooked the great kettleful of oatmeal. From Wordnik.com. [Bertha] Reference
It'd take them days to harvest that field; and each kettleful would require three days of stewing to reduce the tough plant to pulp. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
One kettleful, however, would have salt stirred through it, then be allowed to cool, and be cut out in long bars, which were laid high and dry to age. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Mother Holle led her also to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
"I might as well tote a kettleful, too," she said, and taking that soot-plated article from its hook in the chimney she once more started for the spring. From Wordnik.com. [Bruvver Jim's Baby] Reference
After the juice has dripped off the fruit a pleasant refreshing drink may be made for children by pouring a kettleful of boiling water through the flannel bag. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
You cook another kettleful, and I 'll pick you some meats all fair. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
"Before I had a housekeeper we made it black and drank it by the kettleful.". From Wordnik.com. [Prescott of Saskatchewan] Reference
See that a kettleful of boiling water is poured down the sink pipes every day. From Wordnik.com. [Public School Domestic Science] Reference
But it was poor stuff, and right then and there I made a kettleful and showed her how. From Wordnik.com. [More Tish] Reference
Carroll, without replying, crawled below and managed to light the stove and make a kettleful of tea. From Wordnik.com. [Vane of the Timberlands] Reference
Will you bring over a kettleful o 'boiled potatoes to my house Thanksgivin' noon? An 'mash 'em an' whip 'em in my kitchen?. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
Lucy left the room, and returned in a minute with a kettleful of warm water and a basin, which was among the purchases she had made at Mount. From Wordnik.com. [With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War] Reference
And when a large copper kettleful was forthcoming, she took it and began to pour a stream of hissing, bubbling water in at the foot of the bath. From Wordnik.com. [Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'] Reference
First of all we made a kettleful of warm water by melting snow, and I handed a pannikin of it in to Flora, whom I had heard stirring for some time. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada] Reference
Lucy left the room, and returned in a minute with a kettleful of warm water and a basin, which was among the purchases she had made at Mount Pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War] Reference
Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her. From Wordnik.com. [Grimm's Fairy Stories] Reference
The young man cleared the table, piled the dishes in the sink, heated a kettleful of water and began the day's drudgery, drudgery which he once thought was fun. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights] Reference
Doubtless the thought that they were thereby evading George the Third's tax and brewing patriotism in every kettleful added a sweetness to the home-made beverage that sugar itself could not impart. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
Mrs. Palmer was lying on the lounge with a pungent handkerchief bound about her head, but keeping a vigilant eye on a very pretty, very plump brown-eyed girl who was stirring a kettleful of cherry preserve on the range. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906] Reference
"Grandmother is not at home this morning and I left a kettleful of peas boiling on the stove. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos] Reference
I ran, and soon brought a kettleful. From Wordnik.com. [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference
That kettleful won't burn now. ". From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
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