playful
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For visitors, hawker centers might just seem like jumbo food courts: Follow your nose or the longest line, then pay a few Singapore dollars for a trayful of chow to enjoy at a shared table.
From National Geographic • Jan. 29, 2021
It was supposed to be the "symmetry challenge" but he was soon tipping a trayful of hot ones over the kitchen floor.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2013
One small brownie will often suffice, so one trayful makes rather a lot of portions.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2012
Last week, back in Washington, Siple was picking up a trayful of scientific medals for his work.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He had been leaning over a large trayful of little white cups—with teapots to match—trying the strength, flavour, and virtue of a large purchase of tea, and the beverage was all smoking before him.
From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith
Vocabulary lists containing playful
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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Tone and Point of View, List 2
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