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The hydrated oxide of iron and magnesia is the chemical antidote and should be given in gobletful doses.
Archive 2007-09-01 Mother Jones RN 2007
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The hydrated oxide of iron and magnesia is the chemical antidote and should be given in gobletful doses.
Pop Quiz Mother Jones RN 2007
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You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful along.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999
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It was as good as the famous TunFaire Gold, which meant I drank most of my gobletful without sneaking off to wash the taste out of my mouth with a slug of beer.
Cold Copper Tears Cook, Glen 1988
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Four lumps to the large goblet is about right -- with half a gobletful of fresh cold water.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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"'Twas a lucky think I kept you from drinking another gobletful of the watermelon juice," answered the Gnome.
The Magic Soap Bubble David Magie Cory 1919
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"You see, your highness," the Gnome went on to explain, "he has eaten too heartily of gnome cake, and that together with a gobletful of gnome watermelon juice, has caused him much inconvenience, as well as an entire change of form."
The Magic Soap Bubble David Magie Cory 1919
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The negro brought forward a decanter and Glover poured a gobletful for the old man, who shook from the chill of the night air.
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Having found the wine, I recrossed the chamber, and poured out a gobletful, which I held to the lips of the fainting lady.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895
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Another "authority" contradicts this; it comes from drinking champagne by the gobletful -- no, by the bottle -- no, by the case.
A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889
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