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
"Pay!" says he, "Pedlar I am who through this wood to roam, One lock of her hair is gold enough for me, For apple, peach, comfit, or honeycomb!"
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. by Walter De la Mare
Dora took courage beneath the caressing hand: "I like to be a comfit to mother best," she vouchsafed, brightly daring.
From A Sheaf of Corn by Mary E. Mann
That was Dandie's way; a kiss and a comfit to Jenny - a bawbee and my blessing to Jill - and goodnight to the whole clan of ye, my dears!
From Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
"What is that to me?" cried the proud Veronese, she who had broken the comfit dish.
From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere
