Pl. cupfuls. [f. CUP sb. + -FUL.] As much as fills a cup.

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a. 1400[?].  Morte Arth., 3379. Scho … Kaughte up a coppefulle.

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1800.  trans. Lagrange’s Chem., I. 302. The dose employed is about an ounce in two cupfuls of broth.

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1834.  Mrs. Carlyle, Lett., I. 6. A cupful of porridge, a few spoonfuls of tea.

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