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A quantity of food that fills or can be put in the mouth
“A mouthful of peanuts with some salt and vinegar crisps, that works just fine.”
A quantity of drink that fills or can be put in the mouth
“She sipped a mouthful of ale, chewed a mouthful of fish and bread, still staring at me.”
A long or complicated word or phrase that is difficult to say
“I'm not going to even pretend to understand in any detail how this mouthful of an acronym really works.”
An angry or critical speech or rant
“The phone rang again almost immediately and I knew she had pressed redial, ready to give me a mouthful about insolence.”
An incidental remark, especially in a court of law
The act of inhaling
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical
A dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal
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