bowlful
Americannoun
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bowlfuls
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Origin of bowlful
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Serve them by the bowlful with cold drinks, or scatter them over tomato soup, chili, Caesar salad or roasted vegetables.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
I had just upped the ante, turning a recipe for spicy Buffalo wings — that famous Super Bowl snack — into a bodacious bowlful of spicy drumsticks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
The bowlful of sweet kernels from the remaining ears begged me to invite a confetti of red bell pepper, scallions and slivers of peppery radishes to the summer celebration.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2021
But if I had to eat a healthy breakfast, maybe thinking it was a bowlful of mini donuts wasn’t the worst thing in the world.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
To serve, cook 200g mixed berries with 20g sugar and pour over bowlfuls of the ice-cream, garnishing with fresh lemon thyme and a drizzle of olive oil.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2019
Berger suggests the twins gather photos of Beverly – and they go ahead and make a sort of homemade shrine and eat bowlfuls of raspberries alongside it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016
Like a wolf, I gorged—ate nineteen paper bowlfuls of chili.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Water in abundance was given us without payment, and they sold us fish dried in the sun, and some bowlfuls of sour milk, all at a reasonable price.
About ten more bowlfuls are needed, but these are poured by Mrs. Agelan without further ceremony.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
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