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mouthful
noun
The amount that will fit in a mouth.
"He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in."
Quite a bit.
Something difficult to pronounce or say.
"“She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say."
Similar: jawbreaker
Synonymsjawbreaker
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