fruit cocktail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Use it in desserts, like a unique fruit cocktail with pernod, fennel fronds and tarragon for a layered anise flavor.
From Salon
It’s in the bright red cherries that dress up a bowl of Del Monte’s fruit cocktail.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Then there are its tiny organs, which seem to float within this clear flesh, like a pale fruit cocktail in the weirdest Jell-O salad ever to grace a tree branch.
From New York Times
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
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