teacupful
noun
as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).
teacupfuls
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pluralof teacupful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Take a piece of quick-lime as large as a good-sized lemon and two teacupfuls of salt; put it into a large vessel and slack it with a gallon of boiling water.
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
INGREDIENTS.—2 teacupfuls of rice, apples, moist sugar, cloves.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Meanwhile have ready four tomatoes cut in quarters, and two teacupfuls of rice well washed.
From Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode by Harriet A. de Salis
When done there should be about two teacupfuls of broth.
From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy) Harris
