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Definition of Barmbrack
1. Noun. A rich currant cake or bun.
Generic synonyms: Bread, Breadstuff, Staff Of Life
Geographical relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Geographical relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Definition of Barmbrack
1. Noun. An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barmbrack
Literary usage of Barmbrack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Devil's Disciple: A Melodrama by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Also two green ware plates, on one of which she puts a barmbrack with a knife
beside it. On the other she shakes some biscuits out of a tin, putting back ..."
2. A Daughter of the Fields by Katharine Tynan (1901)
"... the son and heir, was passing the teacups and pressing the barmbrack and hot,
battered griddle-cakes on the ladies He was the apple of his mother's eye; ..."
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