boiled sweet
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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From coastal Jableh, her paternal family’s home, she recalls the aromas of “flavored hookah smoke, nuts toasting on carts, and boiled sweet corn.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Awakened from a nap, he appeared drowsy at first, but brightened up considerably when Dearie placed a few pieces of boiled sweet potato within reach.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
It’s huge long stick of boiled sweet with lettering through the center.
From Forbes ● Aug. 23, 2014
Nigella Lawson, who was briefly drafted in to support his theory, alleged that for Britons the boiled sweet was the equivalent of Proust's madeleine.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
The army officer bought one of the small wooden lunch boxes sold along all Japanese railways, which contain boiled rice, fried fish and some boiled sweet potatoes.
From The Critic in the Orient by Fitch, George Hamlin
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