"strawful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strawfuls [plural], strawsful [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːfʊl Etymology: From straw + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|straw|ful|pos=noun}} straw + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|strawsful}} strawful (plural strawfuls or strawsful)
  1. Enough to fill a drinking straw.
    Sense id: en-strawful-en-noun-i0oKiihF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And yet, you would sip a tiny strawful of God’s Nectar once a day for a few minutes when actually you could drink your fill of Life and Love, and always keep your spiritual thirst quenched so gratifyingly.",
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          "ref": "1995, Stephen Strauss, The Sizesaurus, Kodansha International, page 9",
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          "ref": "2006, Jonathan Reynolds, Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, with Food, Random House Trade Paperbacks, published 2008, page 231",
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