Meaning of eyecupful | Babel Free

Definitions

The amount that an eyecup can hold.

Examples

“In eye troubles, however, the California Fluid Extract of Eucalyptus works miracles and should be used as a frequent eyewash, two drops of the fluid to an eyecupful of warm water.”

“Do you think anybody with an eyecupful of brains would stay here if he could get away?”

“Cleanse the eyes with clear water in an eyecup; or use a boric acid solution, or a few grains of salt added to the eyecupful of cold water.”

“I had just finished the first appetizing eyecupful of wine when my waitress took the stopper out of the decanter and, with the prettiest gesture imaginable, asked me if I would have some more.”

“They drink quantities of beer and also their own sake (rice wine) taken in eyecupfuls, thirty or forty of which will produce one of the pleasantest suspensions in the realm of alcohol.”

“Another good eye wash is made by adding two or three drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice to a small eye[-]cupful of distilled water.”

“If someone forgets to think fast and brings in a bottle the average drink he will get out of a 40 oz quart will be an eyecupful.”

“And her mother just washed her face and used an eyecupful of water on the smarting eye.”

““But what there is is for me, isn’t it?” “Yes. All of it. A nasty little eyecupful of love, according to you.””

“His roommate, Jerry West, comforted him by reminding him you can lose two quarts of blood and still live. When it finally stopped, Rudy figured he was within one eyecupful of the jackpot.”

“When you ask for a caña or a chato in Seville, you will get a glass of Sherry, not an eyecupful.”

“Eye washes, using an eyecupful to wash the eye, are also available; […]”

“Like most directors of musical comedies when they are faced with a Grand Canyon of an occasion and a mere eyecupful of content, Mr. Champion chose to fall back upon overproducing the show, in the conventional vain hope that audiences can be seduced into mistaking distraction for entertainment.”

“If these maneuvers don’t work, flood the eye with an eyecupful of slightly warm water.”

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