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

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Caraway comfits consist of these fruits encrusted with white sugar; but why the wife of a comfit maker should be given to swearing, as Shakespeare avers, it is not easy to see.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

I had always, from earliest childhood, been outrageously fond of this delicate comfit.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis