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calorieful

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calorieful (comparative more calorieful, superlative most calorieful)

  1. Alternative form of calorie-ful
    • 1937 January 21, Mary Meade, “Hot Beverages de Rigeur[sic] on Winter Nights: These Drinks Warm Cockles of the Heart”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVI, number 18, page 16:
      Rich, calorieful French chocolate is a heart warmer for those who aren’t watching the poundage.
    • 1952 January 24, Mary Moore, “Did You Eat Too Well At Christmas Too?”, in The Ontario Intelligencer, Belleville, Ont., page 7:
      Repeat these or menus equally calorieful and walk outside for 30 minutes every day—walking with waistline stretched up to make you taller—and smaller!
    • 1952 March 26, Mary Moore, “Food for Thought: Special-Purpose Menu”, in The Albertan, 51st year, number 24, Calgary, Alta., page 5:
      That cream gravy on the chicken Maryland, beaten biscuit browned in butter and the calorieful dessert will take some resisting.
    • 1957 May 14, Mary Moore, “Family Cooking: Cheese Fondue”, in The Brantford Expositor, Brantford, Ont., page 13:
      At noon we had a colorful and calorieful meal of sliced stuffed roast pork, applesauce, sweet pickles, mixed vegetables (corn, peas, limas, carrots) and mashed potatoes; and a perfectly delicious pineapple meringue pie and tea.
    • 1960 December 7, Joan Winchell, “Reader Epicures Turn the Tables”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXX, part II, page 12:
      (SO WHAT’S a better way to sign off these calorieful suggestions than to mention Dorothy Townsend’s latest discovery—to wit, celery has minus-two-and-a-half calories!)
    • 1961 February 24, L. [?]., “Off and On Main Street”, in The Hays Daily News, volume XXXII, number 91, Hays, Kan., page two:
      Before hot weather arrives this calorieful hot chocolate should be a treat as you watch your favorite TV program.
    • 1980 June 15, Kathy Rowland, “Desserts so rich the figures show it”, in Home (in the Times), Quad-Cities, Iowa and Illinois, page 4:
      The truth is I’m incredibly weak when it comes to calorieful food.
    • 2012 May 30, Vrinda Vijayan, “The Domestic Goddess”, in Medium[1]:
      Her personality, matches with what she cooks (with that much of cream, jam, cheese, sauce, milk chocolate and/ or chocolate sauce, honey, and some I-don’t-know-what-but-looks-calorieful stuffs) .