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IN COMBINATION IN A DEVICE FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS FROM CONTAINERS THEREFOR, A RESILIENT HOLLOW SPOUT TERMINATING AT ITS UPPER EXTREMITY IN INWARDLY SLOPING SIDE WALLS TO FORM AN ELONGATE NARROW DISCHARGE ORIFICE OF A LENGTH MANY TIMES GREATER THAN ITS WIDTH BORDERED ON AT LEAST THE SIDE MARGINS THEREOF BY UPTURNED FLANGE-LIKE PORTIONS FORMING A SPREADER TIP ADAPTED FOR USE IN SMOOTHING THE DISPENSED LIQUID INTO A COATING OF UNIFORM THICKNESS, A CLOSURE FOR THE SPOUT INCLUDING A COVER PORTION HAVING PLUG-FORMING MEANS AND A PAIR OF SPACED ELONGATE RIBS DEPENDING FROM THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE DISCHARGE ORIFICE TO OVERLAP THE UPTURNED FLANGE-LIKE PORTIONS OF THE SPOUT TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUID-TIGHT SEAL THEREFOR, SAID PLUGFORMING MEANS COMPRISING A DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING INTEGRAL WEB SHAPED AND SIZED TO ENTER THE DISCHARGE ORIFICE IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE EDGES THEREOF, SAID RIBS EXTENDING ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WEB IN SPACED RELATION THERETO AND IN POSITION TO ENGAGE THE OUTSIDE OF THE UPTURNED FLANGE-LIKE PORTIONS OF THE SPOUT HOLDING THEM IN AGAINST THE WEB THUS PREVENTING DEFORMING FORCES ACTING AT THE ENDS OF THE DISCHARGE ORIFICE TENDING TO WIDEN THE MID-PORTION THEREOF FROM DESTROYING THE LIQUID-TIGHT SEAL.