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Definition of Pippins
1. pippin [n] - See also: pippin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pippins
Literary usage of Pippins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"Obs.—These pippins, if stewed with care, will be converted into a rich confection:
they ... Put into a wide jar, with a cover, two quarts of golden pippins, ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Stewed Golden pippins. Scoop out the core, pare them very thin, and as you do
it, throw them in water. For every pound of fruit, make half a pound of ..."
3. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy: To which are Added One Hundred and by Hannah Glasse (1774)
""TAKE pippins, pare, core, and quarter them; throw them into fair water, ...
of the pippins be boiled out, then drain them through a jelly ba» ^ and to a ..."
4. The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice: Being a by Richard Briggs (1788)
"TAKE the rind of an orange and boil it very tender, lay it in cold water for
three clays ; take two dozen of golden pippins, pare, core, and quarter them, ..."
5. The Complete Confectioner, Or, Housekeeper's Guide: To a Simple and Speedy by Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson (1800)
"To presene Golden pippins in Jelly. Pare your pippins from all spots, and, with
a narrow-pointed knife, make a hole quite through them ; then boil them in ..."
6. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold (1851)
"We will indite the apologetic history of Job pippins. Yes ; it shall be to us a
labour of love to turn ebony into ivory. ..."
7. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"Then have ready twelve large ripe golden pippins pared, and cored with a small
iron apple scoop. Put them into a stewpan, strain the above liquor to them, ..."
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