fruit cocktail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I have this weird thing where I don't love maraschino cherries, and I don't love the texture of the canned pears in a fruit cocktail.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
A cut-glass serving bowl filled with a combination of canned fruit cocktail augmented with fresh bananas and oranges always graced the table to begin the meal, Boyd said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
“I once took a cask of peach cooler to a uni party and left it under the table,” she wrote, referring to the nonalcoholic fruit cocktail.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Holding the weathered, century-old green hardcover delicately, she explains that two dishes she has prepared, the California chews and the Van Nuys fruit cocktail, are taken directly from this relic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
He counted seven large, number 10, cans of food: two of chili, two of beef stew, two of vegetable soup, and one of fruit cocktail.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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