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dessertspoonful

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des·sert·spoon  (d-zûrtspn)
n.
A spoon intermediate in size between a tablespoon and a teaspoon, used for eating dessert.

des·sertspoonful (-fl) n.
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Noun1.dessertspoonful - as much as a dessert spoon will hold
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold


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The captive had broken off the stalagmite, and upon the stump had placed a stone, wherein he had scooped a shallow hollow to catch the precious drop that fell once in every three minutes with the dreary regularity of a clock-tick -- a dessertspoonful once in four and twenty hours.
 
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