coffeepotful

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1. As much as a coffee pot will hold.

   Wash a coffeepotful of rice in two or three waters, then let it soak all night in three pints of new milk.

   1883 June 21, “Housekeepers’ Helps”, in The Hicksville News, volume IX, number 43, Hicksville, Ohio

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   Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of cocoanut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.

   1885 July 24, “Home Topics”, in Boston Evening Transcript, volume LVIII, number 17,867, Boston, Mass., page 3

   I kept the bullet around to show to folks a long time, but somebody carried it off. Somebody always does carry off my relics. I had a coffee[-]potful.

   1889 November 17, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, “An Old Man’s Tales”, in The Chicago Tribune, volume XLIX, page 27

   Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of coconut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.

   1894, “The Kitchen”, in Spons’ Household Manual: A Treasury of Domestic Receipts and Guide for Home Management, London: E. & F. N. Spon; New York, N.Y.: Spon & Chamberlain, section “Sauces, Butters, Gravies, Stuffings, &c.”, subsection “Curries and Curry Powders”, subsubsection (o), page 465

   The farmers are all happy, but then, well—it only takes a coffee-pot-ful of water to make the average Kansas farmer think he is rich.

   1895 July 12, Uno, “South Brown”, in The Kinsley Graphic, volume 18, number 33, Kinsley, Kan.

   Whip a pint of thick cream, add it to a quarter of a pint or half a big coffeepotful of cool but liquid aspic jelly, and a desert^([sic]) spoonful of sherry.

   1904 September 21, “Rich English Cookery. Elaborate Recipes Concocted by English Chefs for Course Dinners.”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 25, Kansas City, Mo., page 11