mouthful
Origin of mouthful
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Examples from the Web for mouthful
Contemporary Examples of mouthful
It was 4:30 in the morning, I had a mouthful of blood and raw chicken and it just—you get yourself into a very strange place.
‘The Walking Dead’ Star Andrew Lincoln on the Terminus Cannibals Theory & Season FinaleMelissa Leon
March 31, 2014
The Swedish plane has got a mouthful of a name: the JAS 39E Gripen.
It was a mouthful of a lesson, but after learning it once, you never had to memorize it again.
China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much MoreJunheng Li
November 30, 2013
Food in Calabria was pride, self-sufficiency and community all mixed together in one mouthful.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of CookingCurtis Stone
November 28, 2013
But also somebody who could handle a mouthful of exposition and make the words understandable and compelling.
Homeland’s Tracy Letts, Writer of ‘August: Osage County,’ Says Oscar Mania Is FrustratingJason Lynch
November 5, 2013
Historical Examples of mouthful
Wherever the grass was greenest, there she nibbled a mouthful or two.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
Can't you let other folks eat a mouthful before you have to have yours?
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Roland spat out a mouthful of dust and swore beneath his breath.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
Well,” said Richards, with a mouthful of it, “I call it darn good.
The Long Labrador TrailDillon Wallace
I think I'll let him have a feed, and have a mouthful of bread and cheese myself.'
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
mouthful
- as much as is held in the mouth at one time
- a small quantity, as of food
- a long word or phrase that is difficult to say
- British informal an abusive response
- informal, mainly US and Canadian an impressive remark (esp in the phrase say a mouthful)
Word Origin and History for mouthful
Idioms and Phrases with mouthful
mouthful
see say a mouthful.