ice cream
- a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
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Origin of ice cream
First recorded in 1735–45
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Contemporary Examples
George Washington paid almost $200—a ton of money at the time—for ice-cream equipment and recipes in 1790.
Puddings were treats for birthdays and special occasions: chocolate cake, or jelly and ice-cream.
At the end of the film, Lane shows Ehrlichman as an ice-cream pitchman, wise-cracking that he knows all about meltdowns.
The sentiment was echoed by Saleh as he sat inside the Turkish ice-cream shop.
I saw a girl in a fluttery dress at an ice-cream stand, hugging a woman in a pantsuit—her mom.
Handcuffs, Ropes, and an Open Window: How I Escaped an Unthinkable ChildhoodGenyfer Spark
January 29, 2012
Historical Examples
Throw the snowballs into the ice-cream freezer and season to taste!
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe IslandEdward Stratemeyer
Give us another dip, like the small boy said of the ice-cream.
The Rover Boys in the AirEdward Stratemeyer
He seemed to himself to be sagging like an ice-cream in front of a fire.
The Girl on the BoatPelham Grenville Wodehouse
The dessert of berries and ice-cream were eaten almost in silence.
RosemaryJosephine Lawrence
After they came out they went to a drug store, and had ice-cream.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City HomeLaura Lee Hope
ice cream
- a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways
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Word Origin and History for ice cream
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