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Definition of Forksful
1. forkful [n] - See also: forkful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forksful
Literary usage of Forksful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"... the intersections of which will show exactly the spot for each hill of plants ;
at these crossings, drop a few forksful of manure, and work it in well, ..."
2. Fifty Years in Oregon: Experiences, Observations, and Commentaries Upon Men by Theodore Thurston Geer (1912)
"It was one of the kind that burns straw for fuel, but Ankeny, as he stood there,
saw the fireman throwing large forksful of headed wheat into the furnace. ..."
3. Henry Ford's Own Story ; how a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power that Goes with by Rose Wilder Lane (1917)
"One imagines them working there, lifting great forksful of the clover- scented
hay, tossing them into the rack, where, on the rising mound, the,youngest man ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1864)
"... yet if the men drop two forksful where only one is needed, or fail to scatter
lumps, they lie where they fall and thus prevent the growth of vegetation. ..."
5. New Footprints in Old Places by Pauline Stiles (1917)
"It was a dingy little place, the dark rooms crowded with chattering men, all
sucking in large forksful of spaghetti, and eyeing us with interest as we ..."
6. New Footprints in Old Places by Pauline Stiles (1917)
"It was a dingy little place, the dark rooms crowded with chattering men, all
sucking in large forksful of spaghetti, and eyeing us with interest as we ..."
7. The Cultivated Mushroom by Bureau of mushroom indutry, Chicago (1916)
"The hands placed on the side have the care of trimming the rick, by placing on
the top of the pile prepared forksful, and settling the same with a stroke of ..."
8. A Scratch Team of Essays, Never Before Put Together: Being Reprints from the by Septimus Berdmore (1883)
"For this, after having boiled your macaroni and well drained the water out of
them, you take a couple of forksful and place them in a deep dish; ..."
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