palateful
nounEtymology From palate + -ful.
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Rare A mouthful.
- She threw a palateful of metallic noise at me: 'Do your own damn work. You're the sniffing secretary around here.'1969, Jerzy Peterkiewicz, Green Flows the Bile, page 41:
- The Count spat out a palateful of finest Dom, choking. He looked in Johan's eyes for a second, then exploded into raucous laughter.2013, Ian Thornton, The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms, page 87: