plateful

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Flag isn’t like the Baxters’ other animals: He can’t pull a plow, track a bear, provide milk, or become a plateful of cracklings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Alexandra herself worked on “getting fuller on less,” trying to limit each meal to a single plateful.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

So, if you're looking to usher in more luck in 2023, be sure to also enjoy a plateful of lucky foods!

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

It was the product of our imaginations, a plateful of guesswork.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

Annabeth scrapped a plateful of death-bird bones into the lava.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan