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Meanings of first mouthful in English

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Usage of first mouthful in English
1
He used the first mouthful to rinse with, and spat it out.
Under the dome: a novel
2
As I take the first mouthful something brushes up against my ankle.
The Jennifer Morgue
3
Poor orphan, the first mouthful he took seemed to consist of cayenne pepper.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
4
To her surprise, Isobel's taste buds sprang to life with the first mouthful.
The power of the legendary greek
5
The first mouthful hit the back of his throat like fire.
The subtle knife
6
But the first mouthful of toast was enough for him.
The Great Amulet
7
But the first mouthful produced an expression of countenance that could not be misunderstood.
Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
8
He took another drink of ice-water before he gloomily began on his first mouthful.
The Squirrel-Cage
9
At the first mouthful it seemed to him that there was no salt in it.
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
10
At the first mouthful the good curé made a terrible face-thesalad tasted of lamp-oil.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
11
With the first mouthful Roosevelt dropped his knife and fork and made for the door.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
12
The first mouthful would not sit right with him.
Dangerous Women
13
With the first mouthful of clean, delicious food my appetite returned, and I ate ravenously.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
14
DeAlton nearly spat his first mouthful back into the bottle, it was already so warm.
Kings of the earth: a novel
15
Interminably he waited for them to take the first mouthful, but they were dawdling unaccountably.
Gather, Darkness!
16
My word for it out they would find out their blunder at the first mouthful!
The Prairie
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