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Definition of Delicacies
1. delicacy [n] - See also: delicacy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delicacies
Literary usage of Delicacies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A large room near by was hired for their use, where they made delicacies for the
sick and also for sale, to swell the income of the hospital. ..."
2. Herodotus by Herodotus (1830)
"... countries should render men effeminate,» for delicacies and heroes were seldom 2
... delicacies ..."
3. Journal of Alfred Ely, a Prisoner of War in Richmond by Alfred Ely, Charles Lanman (1862)
"... rations furnished by the Government; but our own private funds supply us with
vegetables, milk, tea, and such other delicacies as we choose to purchase. ..."
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