teacupful
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Comparing the task of preparing for a new low-carbon era to the long drive from London to Edinburgh, he said: "You won't get very far on a teacupful of petrol."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
Beat an egg yolk in a teacupful of milk, mix in the soup but do not allow to boil after egg is added.
From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore
She made a pitiful little toilet with a teacupful of drinking water and her eau de cologne.
From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Katherine Stokes
When wanted for use a teacupful of the mixture for from three to four pailsful warm water will be the right amount to use when soaking clothes.
From Civic League Cook Book by
Add three oysters, a nutmeg, a teacupful of brown sugar, and a capsicum.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Place them, without touching each other, in a large pie-dish; add more white sugar, the juice of 1 lemon, and 2 teacupfuls of water.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
INGREDIENTS.—To every 1/4 lb. of ground coffee allow 1 small teaspoonful of powdered chicory, 3 small teacupfuls, or 1 pint, of water.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
I drank four teacupfuls of it a day.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
INGREDIENTS.—1 nice cutlet from a loin or neck of mutton, 2 teacupfuls of water, 1 very small stick of celery, pepper and salt to taste.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Beat the yolks to a cream, to which add two teacupfuls of powdered sugar, beating again from five to ten minutes, then add two tablespoonfuls of milk or water, a pinch of salt and flavoring.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
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