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cinnamon

[sin-uh-muhn] / ˈsɪn ə mən /


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At some point between the blacksmithery heat, second loaf of cinnamon bread and feeling my soul leave my body aboard a haunted coal mine coaster, it hit me that this simply will never happen again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

She recommends fragrances such as sandalwood, cedarwood, cinnamon and cardamom as they "are perfect for bringing a sense of comfort into the home".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Or skip the coffee and steep cinnamon stalks in hot water with lime.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

The guinea pig set out four copper cups and stuck cinnamon sticks in each, with a splash of milk and sugar.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

It's an Ashkenazi recipe — with apples and cinnamons, bound by apricot jam and blackberry wine — that Ziggy and his kitchen staff will spend the next few days preparing by the truckload, literally.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2022

A miniature Eden indeed, thought Colonel Glinka, of figs and cinnamons, of date palms and patchouli, all enclosed within a high wire fence.

From Pastoral Affair by Charles A. Stearns

When the three men joined us and were talking about the bears, one of them shouted, "Here come two more," and before we could realize it we saw two good-sized cinnamons at the feast.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various

My pop he sayed I ain't got need to waste my time gettin' learnt them cinnamons.

From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Helen Reimensnyder Martin

So close were they that we could see the markings of every feather—the iridescence of the heads, the delicate, wave-marked cinnamons and grays and browns, even the absurd little curled plumes over the tails.

From The Killer by Stewart Edward White




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