banket
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of banket
C19: from Dutch: a kind of almond hardbake, alluding to its appearance
Example Sentences
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For more seasonally correct snacking, she suggested an almond banket, which is similar to a letter cookie but with more almond paste and shaped like a flagpole.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2020
He attinded th' banket given be th' Prospurity Brigade at th' hotel where he's stoppin'.
From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter
Deposits similar to the Witwatersrand banket occur in Zululand, and also on the Gold Coast of Africa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Thei be euer on horsebacke, whether thei go to the fielde or the banket, to bye, to selle, to commune of aughte with their friende, or to do any thing that is to be done.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
They haue many sortes of meats and drinkes, when they banket and delight in eating of grosse meates, and stinking fishe.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Hakluyt, Richard
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