It has always struck me as self-evident that the English word syllabub. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference
I was being initiated into the mystic sweets of "syllabub," a Southern concoction of which my sober Scotch folks had never heard. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
True, though syllabub isn't as alcoholic as all that. From Wordnik.com. [June recipe: Lemon syllabub] Reference
In cold weather wine jelly often took the place of syllabub. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
We had some madeira with us, and we made delicious whip-syllabub. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Carla Nayland Historical Fiction: June recipe: Lemon syllabub skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [June recipe: Lemon syllabub] Reference
The table held only the kickshaws -- cakes, candy, nuts, syllabub and custard. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Also in Ms. David's classic oeuvre is a collection of syllabub and English fool recipes. From Wordnik.com. [Blackberry Fool] Reference
There were some pretty girls swimming about in tasteful whip-syllabub of puffed tarlatan. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
(You could make individual servings using wine glasses or tumblers as you would a syllabub.). From Wordnik.com. [Sir Loin & Friends] Reference
Like syllabub, boiled custard necessitated spoons -- hence the borrowing of small silver was in most cases imperative. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Wherefore, after the third syllabub had run the same course that its fathers had run, Miss Sadie turned to me and said. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
So I made this syllabub with 24 hour creme fraiche. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Oh, this universal syllabub of philanthropic twaddle!. From Wordnik.com. [Latter-Day Pamphlets] Reference
Pshaw! you have whipped up a syllabub storm in a tea-cup!. From Wordnik.com. [St. Elmo] Reference
"Ay, sweet heart; 'tis a great syllabub, full of sugar," answered. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution] Reference
Rowland called it, were invited to a syllabub under the cow, at the Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Deerbrook] Reference
Elderflower jelly with black and white currants topped with lemon syllabub. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
They had two soup-tureens full of syllabub, plum cake, and pine-apple puffs. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak] Reference
Peak that he kim away back 'ithout tellin' any o 'the rest a syllabub about it. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
Perhaps because syllabub and cream were the recognized dainties of the festival. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanea] Reference
A syllabub is generally light, airy and spiked with a healthy back note of alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
I vented was just a deal of skimble-scamble stuff, a verbal syllabub of balderdash. From Wordnik.com. [The Certain Hour] Reference
Whip rich cream to a syllabub, with sugar, wine, and the juice of a lemon or orange. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother] Reference
As others have said, the story, besides being a dismal syllabub of pish, is not even a. From Wordnik.com. [politicalbetting.com] Reference
In Northumberland a ring used to be dropped into the syllabub and fished for with a ladle. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanea] Reference
Cream, syllabub, and dainties compounded with milk, belong in England to the May festival. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanea] Reference
This syllabub, if it can be kept in a cold place, may be made the day before you want to use it. From Wordnik.com. [Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches] Reference
"No, sir," said Aurelia, whom he had addressed; "she was to be milked into the bowl of syllabub.". From Wordnik.com. [Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume] Reference
He has gradually taken more custard every day, and began to attend to some new play things, and takes wine syllabub. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
She fancied that Mrs Grey's friends, the Andersons, must have looked rather foolish on occasion of their great syllabub party. From Wordnik.com. [Deerbrook] Reference
You think that this is taking syllabub seriously, and that the circumstances of the time had made the Easy Chair hypercritical. From Wordnik.com. [From the Easy Chair — Volume 01] Reference
We lead quite a rural life, have had a sheep-shearing, a hay-making, a syllabub under the cow, and a fishing of three gold fish out of. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.