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ladleful|ˈleɪd(ə)lfʊl|
[f. ladle n. + -ful 2.]
As much as fills a ladle.
c1430Two Cookery-bks. 8 Þan caste a ladel-ful, or more or lasse, of boter þer-to. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. A ij b, The first ladlefull had a smacke as soft as pap. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 900 The..Cook..cast a Ladle-full of Boiling Water in his Face. 1727Swift Wonder of all W. Wks. 1755 II. ii. 56 He takes a pot of scalding oyl and throws it by great ladlesfull directly at the ladies. 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold vi, He raised the ladleful of the liquid and allowed its contents to drip into the glass. |