fluteful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From flute +‎ -ful.

Noun[edit]

fluteful (plural flutefuls or flutesful)

  1. The amount that a flute (type of glass) will hold.
    • 1992 August, Randall Wallace, Where Angels Watch, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 88:
      The waiter left the whole bottle, of course, and Sonata drank three flutesful.
    • 1999, Catherine Lanigan, Tender Malice, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 265:
      When she finally looked up, he handed her a fluteful of champagne, clinking his glass to hers when she pronounced her approval.
    • 2010, Paul Traywick, Signals from a Lampless Beacon: Their Burdens Lifted, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 135:
      He poured flutefuls for them all and handed them around.