scoopful
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Then a scoopful from this pile gets "periodically" taken to the start of the sorting process.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023
“What ostensibly sank into the harbor? Is it more concentrated than your average scoopful of black mayonnaise?’
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2021
With a flick of her wrist, Suzanne Levinson tossed a scoopful of par-cooked French fries into a gleaming fryer on Sunday, the first test batch before her restaurant’s grand reopening.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2016
Each scoopful will be dumped on high ground and sprayed with water.
From Time Magazine Archive
He runs to get a scoopful of water and tries to hit Arwin.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Using its robotic arm, the rover took three different scoopfuls of Martian soil.
From Forbes ● Oct. 20, 2012
In the past year, several scoopfuls of competing companies have opened retail shops in Beverly Hills, Marina del Rey, Studio City and other communities.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Four should be plenty. Red ones. And get two scoopfuls of those chickadees.”
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
A sugarsticky girl shovelling scoopfuls of creams for a christian brother.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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