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Definition of Damsons
1. damson [n] - See also: damson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damsons
Literary usage of Damsons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Currants and damsons may be done the same. To keep damsons for Winter Pies.
Put them in small stone jars, or wide-mouthed bottles ; set them up to their ..."
2. Jane Hamilton's Recipes: Delicacies from the Old Dominion by Charlotte Mason Poindexter (1909)
"999 damsons, GERMAN. Take seven pounds of damsons, wipe them dry; take half an
ounce of cinnamon, the same of cloves, and one ounce of allspice; ..."
3. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"The hairy sort only must be used for keeping, and do them before the seeds become
large. Currants and damsons may be done the same. To keep damsons for ..."
4. The Practice of Cookery: Adapted to the Business of Every Day Life by Dalgairns (1830)
"GATHER the damsons when just ripe, and perfectly sound ; fill a ... To Preserve
damsons. To every pound of damsons allow three quarters of a pound of ..."
5. Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"confections, syrups, and such like ; as also preserving and conserving sundry
fruits, as cherries, damsons, mulberries, &c. ; and flowers, as roses, ..."
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