2. Verb. (third-person singular of jumble) ¹
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Definition of Jumbles
1. jumble [v] - See also: jumble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumbles
Literary usage of Jumbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Mix with little cold milk, and stir in a quart of boiling milk, seasoned by
boiling lemon peel in it. Boil about fifteen minutes. 317. 'Rich jumbles. ..."
2. The Creole Cookery Book (1885)
"FEDERAL CAKE. One coffee cup of butter, 1£ of sugar, 1 of milk, 3 of flour,
4 .eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda, all well mixed together. FRENCH jumbles. ..."
3. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by Elizabeth H. Putnam (1869)
"... and cut into jumbles. Bake aa Boon as made, in a quick oven. When rolled in
sugar, instead of flour, they are much nicer. SOFT SUGAR GINGERBREAD. ..."
4. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by E. Putnam (1876)
"... and cut into jumbles. Bake as soon as made, in a quick oven. When rolled in
sugar, instead of flour, they are much nicer. SOFT SUGAR GINGERBREAD. ..."
5. Fairchild's Hand-book of the Digestive Ferments as Remedies, Per Se, as by Fairchild Bros. & Foster, New York (1894)
""jumbles." There is a certain class of digestive compounds which have been aptly
characterised and condemned by Fother- gill as unscientific "jumbles. ..."
6. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"Notwithstanding which, this poet afterward jumbles the supreme and inferior gods
all together, after the usual manner, under that one gener- ral name of ..."
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