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Definition
a very small quantity — usually of food
- "And you have lived in this world hard upon one hundred years, cook, and don't know yet how to cook a whale-steak?" rapidly bolting another mouthful at the last word, so that morsel seemed a continuation of the question.Chapters 64-66 — Stubb's Supper; The Whale as a Dish; The Shark Massacre (49% in)
- "Cook," said Stubb, rapidly lifting a rather reddish morsel to his mouth, "don't you think this steak is rather overdone?Chapters 64-66 — Stubb's Supper; The Whale as a Dish; The Shark Massacre (32% in)
There are no more uses of "morsel" in Moby Dick.
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