damson cheese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In honour of her guests, Marian went to her cupboard, and brought out a mould of damson cheese, a bowl of syllabub, and a round tea-cake, which she set before the fire to toast.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
The housekeeper waits in black silk and looks as if she had no meaner occupation than to sit in a rocking chair, and dream of damson cheese.
From The Land of Lost Toys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
There you have a concise history of George Eliot's life at this period, divided as it was between music, literature, and damson cheese.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George
The housekeeper waits in black silk, and looks as if she had no meaner occupation than to sit in a rocking-chair, and dream of damson cheese.
From The Brownies and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
We partook of some thirty or forty different sorts; in which flowers, scents, fruits, and gums were mixed with sugar, until of the consistence of damson cheese.
From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by Auldjo, John
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