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dish fit for a king



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In twenty minutes they were done, the heads were cut away, the skin with its load of scales peeled off, and our hungry hunters sat down to a dish fit for a king.

From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Davis, J. Watson

Snipe on hot toast is a breakfast dish fit for a king.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

It was a magic performance, and when amber tears from a slice of lemon were shed over it, lo! a dish fit for a king.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon

Now, good tender zebra makes a dish fit for a king, but the brute can trot at such a rate that I knew I shouldn't have a chance to catch him running.

From The Children's Book of London by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

A pot of "cush" is a dish "fit for a king," and men who will not fight on it would not fight if penned.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus




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