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Definition of Platterful
1. [n PLATTERFULS or PLATTERSFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platterful
Literary usage of Platterful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"... milk to Vayu, and one platterful to Surya. The fee to the priest for the rite
was twelve heads of kine. The next was called Indra-turya or " Indra the ..."
2. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"He has taken" a good platterful of water to pour on the Sultan's head. The font
of inlaid bronze below is quite flat, and the splash is likely to be ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"... §et his share before the platterful is ex- ^ •>»> »\-f,J?
*vr.f •*•;.• *VP* *& »\'r-» «W» Jj| 10 such great wharves and warehouses as have This, ..."
4. Mind (1902)
"and looked longingly at the big platterful of hot cakes. Great-grandmother passed
the platter to him and he opened his blouse and poured all the doughnuts ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... of one little lean <ram, as meat for fix days, and every day a little platterful
of millet, and lent .us a cauldron, and a trivet to boil our ..."
6. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"... milk to Vayu, and one platterful to Surya. The fee to the priest for the rite
was twelve heads of kine. The next was called Indra-turya or " Indra the ..."
7. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"He has taken" a good platterful of water to pour on the Sultan's head. The font
of inlaid bronze below is quite flat, and the splash is likely to be ..."
8. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"... §et his share before the platterful is ex- ^ •>»> »\-f,J?
*vr.f •*•;.• *VP* *& »\'r-» «W» Jj| 10 such great wharves and warehouses as have This, ..."
9. Mind (1902)
"and looked longingly at the big platterful of hot cakes. Great-grandmother passed
the platter to him and he opened his blouse and poured all the doughnuts ..."
10. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... of one little lean <ram, as meat for fix days, and every day a little platterful
of millet, and lent .us a cauldron, and a trivet to boil our ..."
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