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tureensful

tureensful is the plural of tureenful.

Meaning of tureenful

Noun

tureenful (plural tureenfuls or tureensful)

  1. As much as a tureen will hold.
    • “I was properly impressed. Most properly. I yawned openly. ‘Strict supervision, and play them off one against the other,’ said The Mussuck, shoveling down his ice by tureenfuls, I assure you. ‘That, Mrs. Hauksbee, is the secret of our Government.’”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 11

Questions about tureensful

What is tureensful the plural of?
Tureensful is the plural of tureenful.

Words near tureensful in the dictionary

  1. turdy
  2. tureen
  3. tureenful
  4. tureenfuls
  5. tureens
  6. tureensful
  7. Turell
  8. Tureni
  9. Turenne
  10. Turennes
  11. turf

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