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Definition of Dessertspoonful
1. Noun. As much as a dessert spoon will hold.
Definition of Dessertspoonful
1. Noun. A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2½ fluidrams. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dessertspoonful
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dessertspoonful
Literary usage of Dessertspoonful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"... it may be safe to vary the milk diet with broth from boiled or stewed meat,
which may be given in dessertspoonful doses four times daily. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Medical Treatment for Students and Junior Practitioners by Arthur Latham (1908)
"If these are not at hand, an emetic should be given. Amongst emetics may be
mentioned mustard, a dessertspoonful in a tumblerful of tepid water, ..."
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