Coffeecupful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    As much as a coffee cup will hold.

    "[…]when the sirup begins to boil, add about a coffee-cupful of orange-flower water, and after it has boiled up two or three times, take it from the fire;"

Example

More examples

"[…]when the sirup begins to boil, add about a coffee-cupful of orange-flower water, and after it has boiled up two or three times, take it from the fire;"

Etymology

From coffeecup + -ful.

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