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fruit cocktail

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noun

  1. fruit salad consisting of small or diced fruits

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s in the bright red cherries that dress up a bowl of Del Monte’s fruit cocktail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

“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

She has the same memories of school lunches as most Americans born before the 21st century: square pizza and fruit cocktail.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2019

Some will end up in cans of Del Monte fruit cocktail.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2013

She gave DeNice her creamed turkey and Beebi her fruit cocktail.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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