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Definition of Fruitcakes
1. fruitcake [n] - See also: fruitcake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruitcakes
Literary usage of Fruitcakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last Witness from a Dirt Road by Bill Hunt (2005)
"Sitting in the big chair facing the little tree and the big glass-front china
cabinet, I remembered Mama's fruitcakes and the Jack Daniel used to soak the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"They are produced by millions in the large fruitcakes of such forms as Fuligo.
Often the spore-coat is coloured ; it always consists of a substance which ..."
3. Rosinante to the Road Again by John Dos Passos (1922)
"... and fruitcakes, everything from obscene jam-rolls to celestial cornucopias of
white cream. Through the door you see a counter with round loaves of bread ..."
4. Dallas & Fort Worth Alive!by Kimberly Young by Kimberly Young (2001)
"... You probably wouldn't guess that a significant portion of mail order Christmas
fruitcakes come from Greenville. Mary of Puddin Hill produces a huge ..."
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