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Definition of Greengages
1. greengage [n] - See also: greengage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greengages
Literary usage of Greengages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Country of the Moors: A Journey from Tripoli in Barbary to the City of by Edward Rae (1877)
"The Gate of greengages—Measure the ... or Gate of the greengages—like all the
others a double arch in a tower. ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... greengages. Choose the largest, when they begin to soften; split them without
paring, and strew a part of the sugar which you have previously weighed an ..."
3. Desserts and Salads by Gesine Lemcke (1896)
"Compote of greengages (or large Egg Plums).— Select 3 dozen ripe plums, either
greengages or the large egg plums, prick them with a needle all around the ..."
4. The Dessert Book: A Complete Manual from the Best American and Foreign (1872)
"PREPARATION OF BRANDY FRUITS. — PEACHES IN BRANDY.—APRICOT* is BRANDY. —greengages
IN BRANDY.— PLUMS IN BRANDY. — PEARS IN BRANDY. — CHERRIES IN BRANDY. ..."
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