Devonshire cream

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Origin of Devonshire cream

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby Devonshire cream

Devon Island, Devon minnow, Devonport, Devon Rex, Devonshire, Devonshire cream, Devonshire split, devoré, devote, devoted, devotee

How to use Devonshire cream in a sentence

But Huckabee (akin to Elizabeth Warren on the left) is like an ice cream sundae.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"I have had a letter from your friend," she remarked, as she poured a little cream into Edna's cup and handed it to her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He had "taken the cream" out of those old law-books, if studying them could do it, for he had been at them pretty often of late.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
At the old Rosewater dances we never had anything but cake and lemonade—ice-cream in very hot weather.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
As he sat there young Jim Hands drove up with his girl, alighted, and went into the ice-cream parlor for refreshment.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

British Dictionary definitions for Devonshire cream

Devonshire cream

/ (ˈdɛvənʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

another name for clotted cream

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