plateful

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No wonder that Primmie was awe-stricken, no wonder that she tripped over the mat corner and just escaped showering the distinguished guest with a platterful of those very beans.

From Galusha the Magnificent by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

He was seated in Gramp's place at table and, after a brief flurry in the kitchen, the big platterful of fried pies was brought in.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

There have you a large platterful of dreams, make thereupon good cheer, and, if you please, spare not to interpret them according to the understanding which you may have in them.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

"It might be more so," observed the Idiot, coaxing the platterful of cakes out of the School-Master's reach by a dexterous movement of his hand.

From The Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick

Dan Hardseg smutted my face, and rubbed a platterful of barley-dough into my poll, the last peep I had through the buttery.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John