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

She coaxed me to endure, and called me her little Miss Honey-bee, but would not promise me a comfit; so I ran away before my cap was tied on.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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 Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de

Sometimes he offered him out of his comfit box sweetmeats and candied fruits, which St. Luc found excellent.

From Chicot the Jester by Dumas père, Alexandre

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