What does decanterful mean?
Decanterful means Enough to fill a decanter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Enough to fill a decanter..
After emptying a decanterful of water over his head, the Collector flung the decanter out of a window.
The clerk opened a cupboard to reveal half a decanterful of mayoral sherry, now grown viscous as treacle, groped on a lower shelf and produced the fur-collared overcoat the Mayor had left behind him on the snowy morning he vanished.
We found a huge dish of fruit which someone had sent and a decanterful of white port.
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Decanterful means Enough to fill a decanter..
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After emptying a decanterful of water over his head, the Collector flung the decanter out of a window.
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