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  • noun Plural form of wineglassful.

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Examples

  • Perhaps that shirt held five or six wineglassfuls of water; it was sufficient to make this vast difference.

    Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

  • Pure whisky contains only fifty per cent of alcohol, yet few people would drink "three wineglassfuls in forty-five minutes" [14] as a medicine pure and simple.

    The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

  • And distinctly I recall the occasion when a stalwart mother in Israel, starting off to attend a wedding and feeling the need of a little special toning-up beforehand, took three wineglassfuls of her favorite Blood

    One Third Off Tony Sarg 1910

  • Add half a cupful of stock, and two wineglassfuls of Port wine.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Add two wineglassfuls of white wine and a cupful of white stock.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Put the bass into a fish-kettle with an onion, salt and pepper to season, a small bunch of parsley, a tablespoonful of butter, two wineglassfuls of white wine, and enough white stock to cover.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Thicken the liquor with browned flour rubbed smooth with butter, add two wineglassfuls

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Put in a buttered dish with salt, pepper, half a dozen peeled and sliced tomatoes, two wineglassfuls of white wine and half a cupful of water.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Add two wineglassfuls of white wine and boil until thick, stirring constantly.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

  • Simmer for fifteen minutes with two tablespoonfuls each of melted butter and curry powder mixed with two wineglassfuls of white wine.

    How to Cook Fish Myrtle Reed 1892

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