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comfit
noun as in sweets
Weak match
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I had always, from earliest childhood, been outrageously fond of this delicate comfit.
Dora took courage beneath the caressing hand: "I like to be a comfit to mother best," she vouchsafed, brightly daring.
Of these early ordinaries the earliest known to be licensed goes as far back as 1634, when Samuel Cole, comfit-maker, kept it.
Comfit boxes—Boxes divided into compartments in which were rare spices, handed round with dessert.
They passed their jeweled comfit-boxes one to another and whispered their content in the head butterfly's practical prudence.
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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to comfit, such as: bonbons, candy, confection, confectionery, dessert, and pastries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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