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  • n  the quantity a glass will hold

  • Behind her back, the uncomfortable husband surreptitiously gulps a fizzy glassful ("Is it beginning to rain, dear?" she asks).
  • When Prime Minister John Vorster of the Republic of South Africa sampled a glassful at Windhoek's treatment plant last year, he pronounced it "delicious.
  • The glassful would be cold, for the freight cars were refrigerated.
News & Articles

  • Utah forecast: Hot, wet and sticky
    Hot, wet and sticky. That’s a recipe for Utah weather, not to be confused with the citrisy drink of that name served in a highball glassful of ice cubs. The Wasatch Front’s forecast for Friday, a mirror image of Thursday’s climatological predictions, calls for isolated thunderstorms and rain showers in the morning, afternoon and evening. High temperatures, though, will remain in the low- to mid ...
    Aug. 22, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Quotes

  • Georgiy Enverovich Mamedov in 680 News
    Centuries back, when the first Parsis arrived on the Gujarat coast, the then ruler sent them a glassful of milk indicating there was no space. The Parsis added sugar in the milk and sent it back, hinting that they would mingle with the locals.... Narendra Modi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEpqcYsPj78WDO2xtx7VsjXAQbp0w Economic Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Nano_welcome_says_Modi/articleshow/3442067.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHBSwFNYwR2Vu1RX3L94YFH-8GLhw Sep 3, 2008 42237 58043 glasshouse We conveyed it to Canadian government that they will think twice before accepting unilateral independence from Kosovo," Georgiy Mamedov told reporters in English on Thursday. "We are both federal states and when you live in glasshouse you...

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