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Definition of Shortbreads
1. shortbread [n] - See also: shortbread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortbreads
Literary usage of Shortbreads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1916)
"shortbreads The shortbreads are flour and butter and sugar kneaded together, and
covered with carraway-comfits and so baked in a moderate oven. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Somebody leaning over the rail, next to me (I think he is the Public Prosecutor,
but am not quite sure), tells me they are " Scotch shortbreads. ..."
3. A Diabetic Manual for the Mutual Use of Doctor and Patient by Elliott Proctor Joslin (1919)
"... Bread Lister Bros., New York: Casein Bread HARD BREADS AND BAKERY
PRODUCTS.* Callard, Stewart & Watt, London: Almond Biscuit, plain Almond shortbreads ..."
4. The Cornish Riviera by Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (1905)
"shortbreads a Speciality. Headland House, ^^l0*.6 Separate Tables. Public and
Private Sitting-rooms. BATHS— HOT AND COLD. IDEAL WINTER RESORT. Facing Sea. ..."
5. The Something-different Dish by Marion Harris Neil (1915)
"These small shortbreads of Scotland which go by the name of Petticoat Tails have
a connection with a royal personage, for it is commonly believed that Mary, ..."
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