What does waterglassful mean?
Waterglassful means As much as a water glass will hold..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
As much as a water glass will hold..
[…]add gently a table-spoonful of flour (stirring all the while), and a water-glassful of good stock, with salt and pepper;
A waterglassful, five fluid ounces, would hold in solution about 0.8 grains of strychnia.
Fasting stomach: two waterglassfuls of contents.
He poured himself half a waterglassful of the whiskey out of the pint bottle which he had gone out to buy.
When the seeds begin to crackle—in about a minute—pour four waterglassfuls of cold water over them.
that settled her for a bit and we sat for a bit and we sat drinking down the waterglassfuls of wine, port.
At lunch-time and in the evening men drop in to drink a waterglassful of vodka, usually in one drought, followed by a chaser of Pepsi-Cola or pickled vegetables.
He poured them each a great big waterglassful of the rot-gut he usually drank, and, beaming madly, toasted, “Prost!”
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Waterglassful means As much as a water glass will hold..
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[…]add gently a table-spoonful of flour (stirring all the while), and a water-glassful of good stock, with salt and pepper;
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