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

Now, suppose you boys wait for me here while I step around and leave this little comfit with Mrs. Badger with my mother’s compliments.”

From Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Overton, Mark

Sister Célestine had invented a new kind of comfit which she begged Euphrosyne to try, leaving a paper of sweetmeats on her table for that purpose.

From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet

Then she had laughed; but a comfit dish of marvelous workmanship was shattered between her nervous fingers.

From International Short Stories: French by Cheneviere, A.

The great tigress instantly bounded forward like an obedient hound, and placed its fore-paws on her knees, while she playfully held a sugared comfit high above its head.

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie