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Definition of Chestnuts
1. chestnut [n] - See also: chestnut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chestnuts
Literary usage of Chestnuts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"When the chestnuts are ripe, those that are to be preserved are collected ...
But, as it is often a considerable time before the chestnuts are all ripe ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"There are five known species of the true chestnuts, three of which are ...
The nuts are not sweet like our native chestnuts, but they are good when cooked. ..."
3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"chestnuts. French and Italian chestnuts are served in place of vegetables. ...
Remove shells from chestnuts, cook until soft in boiling salted water; drain, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... chestnuts „ (air-dried) Sweet chestnuts are largely used as human food ; the
horse-chestnut has been tried as cattle food, with success (Gay, ..."
5. Graded Literature Readers by Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender (1899)
"One day a cat and a monkey sat watching some chestnuts put in the fire to ...
She put out her paw for the chestnuts. She took one out, but burned her paw. ..."
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