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Definition of Marchpanes
1. marchpane [n] - See also: marchpane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marchpanes
Literary usage of Marchpanes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Metaphorically, anything very sweet and delicate: Next, some food curious marchpanes
made into The form of trumpets. Ordinary, O. PI., x, 229. ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"After the marchpanes they brought in a partridge, faultless in appearance, roasted,
and steaming attractively. The partridge was placed in front of Evarist, ..."
3. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1879)
"A marchpane was a kind of biscuit; and these 'marchpanes'', mentioned by Henslowe,
were used when one of the performers had occasion to keep up the ..."
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