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cinnamon

[sin-uh-muhn] / ˈsɪn ə mən /


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At a North Carolina cabin, I once envisioned mornings of cinnamon rolls, bacon and porch-side coffee, only to discover approximately three plates and no coffee maker.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Danni explained to Hollywood and fellow judge Nigella Lawson that they were vegan so could not try their own cinnamon "Snickerdoodle" cookies, topped with peanut brittle.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Garam masala is an Indian spice blend whose exact makeup varies, but it commonly includes warming spices like cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

One had him add more cinnamon, but the spice level still wasn’t right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Besides, couldn’t he smell the cinnamon and apple perfume wafting out from Perilee’s basket?

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Didn't know anything about bear when I went into the country, exceptin' when I was a youngster I'd seen a heap of cinnamons and that little black kind.

From Dutch Courage and Other Stories by Jack London

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

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

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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