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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

  • The hydrated oxide of iron and magnesia is the chemical antidote and should be given in gobletful doses.

    Pop Quiz Mother Jones RN 2007

  • You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful along.

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • 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

  • 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

  • "'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

  • "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

  • The negro brought forward a decanter and Glover poured a gobletful for the old man, who shook from the chill of the night air.

    The Daughter of a Magnate 1898

  • 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

  • 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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