cherries jubilee

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noun

a dessert of black cherries that have been flambéed with brandy or kirsch and spooned over vanilla ice cream.

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How to use cherries jubilee in a sentence

The massive automobile and bank bailouts were the cherries on top.
Assuming GOP Does Take the Senate, Dems Have Nothing to Fear|Veronique de Rugy|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In her Silver Jubilee speech she said that while she understood independence aspirations, she wanted to see the UK remain united.
How the Queen ‘Purred’ With Pleasure at Scottish Referendum Result|Tom Sykes|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of the most popular include Kriek (fermented with sour cherries), Framboise (raspberries), and Pêche (peaches).
Wine Snobs, There’s a Beer for You|Jordan Salcito|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They taste of red and black berries, currants, cranberries, strawberries, mulberries and cherries, tart and sweet.
The Drink All You Want Holiday Wine|Jordan Salcito|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And most American exports consist of goods like grains, or cherries, or electric turbines, or airplanes.
Give Me Your Studious: American Universities Are Prolific Exporters|Daniel Gross|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
And the two children followed the road eating the cherries and throwing the stones to the right and the left.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
Benny trotted to and fro, waiting upon the busy pickers, his cheeks as red as the cherries themselves.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
He paid them four dollars and gave them all the cherries they could carry, although they tried to object.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Ive traded and sold everything from a thousand cattle to peddling collar-buttons at the Queens Jubilee.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson