plateful

Noun

Meaning

Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

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There's a right thing to do,” Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend,” Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong. Daniel Abraham

I turned down dates because I dreaded sitting in front of a plateful of food. Markie Post

Jim's sigh was soft, gentle. It would have been less devastating if she hadn't heard the despair under it. "Detective Miller once told me, ‘We don't have a right thing, just a plateful of a little less wrong.'” "Yeah, but he was an asshole.”. Daniel Abraham

Freedom is a plateful of hard crusts. Sicilian Proverb

A substantial plateful but I wished they didn't remove the fish skin. Source: Internet

But the thing is, even during the holidays -- maybe during the holidays -- nothing hits the spot like a plateful, even a spoonful, of healthy vegetables. Source: Internet

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