gingersnap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gingersnap
Explanation
A gingersnap is a crisp, spicy little cookie. Gingersnaps are perfect for dunking into milk, tea, or coffee. The gingersnap is also known as a "ginger nut," especially in the U.K. It's a sweet, brittle cookie that's flavored with plenty of ginger and often other spices like cinnamon, cloves, or nutmeg, and baked in small rounds. The predecessor to the gingersnap is the Cornish fairing, a little ginger biscuit that was sold at fairs in Cornwall as early as the 12th century.
Example Sentences
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“Made in Minnesota! These are my great-grandmother’s recipe for gingersnap cookies,” Walz said.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024
This gourmet popcorn gift pack from Bremerton features four seasonal flavors: hot chocolate, sugar and spice, gingersnap and snowman crunch kettle corn.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Pie deserves a seat at the winter dessert table, especially one with dough that is rolled out on gingersnap crumbs.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023
They missed a family funeral in New York and subsisted on Diet Dr Pepper, cheese crackers and gingersnap cookies while their gas tank neared empty.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022
Rice, oatmeal, dehydrated potatoes, canned roast beef, gingersnap cookies, sugar, coffee, and chocolate were some of the items packed in watertight tin containers.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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