Eggspoonful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that an egg spoon will hold.

    "By this time the 7-weeks-old 5½-lb. baby was 10½ weeks, and weighed 7lbs. 10 oz., and the milk had been increased by 1 oz. to the pint of food. Now started Virol 1 eggspoonful per day, increasing the amount to 3 eggspoonfuls in 24 hours."

Example

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"By this time the 7-weeks-old 5½-lb. baby was 10½ weeks, and weighed 7lbs. 10 oz., and the milk had been increased by 1 oz. to the pint of food. Now started Virol 1 eggspoonful per day, increasing the amount to 3 eggspoonfuls in 24 hours."

Etymology

From eggspoon + -ful.

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