comfit
Example Sentences
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And he bought a round red lacquered comfit dish with a cover, and in this he put sesame cakes and larded sweets and he put the box on the table.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
They have vinegar also, and a kind of comfit like what the Arabs call Natef, and some others.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
Sweetmeats in great variety filled the windows, and especially what were called pralines—an almond comfit covered with rough sugar, and of a peculiar flavour.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
"What is that to me?" cried the proud Veronese, she who had broken the comfit dish.
From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere
You expected me to protest it daily: to repeat the tale as a child repeats its lesson for a comfit.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by J. N. Marchand
