Definition of Marchpanes

1. Noun. (plural of marchpane) ¹

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Definition of Marchpanes

1. marchpane [n] - See also: marchpane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marchpanes

marching band
marching bands
marching music
marching order
marching orders
marchings
marchion-ess
marchioness
marchionesses
marchland
marchlands
marchlike
marchman
marchmen
marchpane
marchpanes (current term)
marcht
marcid
marcidity
marcionite
marcionites
marconied
marconigram
marconigrams
marconis
marcor
marcot
marcots
marcottage
marcottages

Literary usage of Marchpanes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Metaphorically, anything very sweet and delicate: Next, some food curious marchpanes made into The form of trumpets. Ordinary, O. PI., x, 229. ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"After the marchpanes they brought in a partridge, faultless in appearance, roasted, and steaming attractively. The partridge was placed in front of Evarist, ..."

3. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1879)
"A marchpane was a kind of biscuit; and these 'marchpanes'', mentioned by Henslowe, were used when one of the performers had occasion to keep up the ..."

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