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Definition of Gingersnaps
1. gingersnap [n] - See also: gingersnap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingersnaps
Literary usage of Gingersnaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Mother Used to Make: A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly by Lydia Maria Gurney (1913)
"Old-time gingersnaps 1 Cupful of Molasses 1 Teaspoonful of Soda Yt Cupful of
Butter or 1 Teaspoonful of Ginger Lard Boil the molasses five minutes. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"It concedes the use by it of the word "Crown" In connection with cakes known
as "gingersnaps" and "Jamestown" with cakes called "Jumbles," but denies that ..."
3. Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of by Marion Harland (1906)
"gingersnaps (No. 1) One cupful of sugar, one cupful of butter, one tablespoonful of
... gingersnaps (No. 2) Cream a cupful of butter with one of sugar, ..."
4. Domestic Science by Bertha J. Hoisington Austin (1914)
"Adding a great deal of flour to gingersnaps will harden them just as surely as it
... Chilling the gingersnaps hardens the shortening and the molasses, ..."
5. Economical Cookery by Marion Harris Neil (1918)
"Boiled Fish with Sauce 2i pounds codfish 8 gingersnaps 4 medium-sized onions,
sliced 12 whole allspice 1 lemon 1 tablespoon (J oz.) butter Prepare fish and ..."
6. Home Plate: The Traveler's Food Guide to Cooperstown and Otsego County, NY by Brenda Berstler (2006)
"MARINADE SAUCE 1 cup red wine 14 crumbled gingersnaps 5 cups water Sour cream 5
... To make sauce, stir crumbled gingersnaps into meat broth and add enough ..."
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