coffeecupful

plural coffeecupfuls · plural coffeecupsful

1. As much as a coffee cup will hold.

   Three coffeecupsful of four, the same quantity of white sugar, nine eggs and one lemon.

   1879–1884, Green’s Atlas and Diary Almanac, page 31

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   […]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;

   1832, [Mrs. N. K. M. Lee], “ORGEAT SIRUP”, in The Cook’s Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia: […], Boston, Mass.: Munroe and Francis; New York, N.Y.: Charles S. Francis, and David Felt; Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Lea, and Grigg and Elliot, page 289

   Draught with half a grain of opium: to drink through the day four coffeecupfuls of the following solution:—[…]

   1839, A[rmand] Trousseau, H[ippolyte] Belloc, “Species”, in J[ohn] A[ston] Warder, transl., A Practical Treatise on Laryngeal Phthisis, Chronic Laryngitis, and Diseases of the Voice, Philadelphia, Pa.: A[dam] Waldie, section “Examples of Tubercular Laryngeal Phthisis”, observation XXII, page 69

   Two coffeecupsful brown sugar, / One coffeecupful butter, / One coffeecupful sweet milk,[…].

   1871, Mrs. T. J. V. Owen [i.e., Mary Hurst Owen or Emeline Hotchkiss Owen], Mrs. Owen’s Illinois Cook Book, Springfield, Ill.: John H. Johnson, pages 182–183

   A coffeecupful of new milk, and one of water, the beaten yelks of three eggs, a teaspoonful of sugar, one of salt, four tablespoonfuls of potato yeast, and sifted flour to make quite a stiff batter.

   1881, “The Housekeeper”, in Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, page 294

   When the timer goes off, rush down in your towel, taste the pasta and, when it’s ready, drain it, reserving a coffeecupful of water.

   1998, Nigella Lawson, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1999, →ISBN, page 162