manchet
Americannoun
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a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
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Chiefly Dialect. a piece or small loaf of such bread.
Etymology
Origin of manchet
1375–1425; late Middle English mainchet; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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A white-pot Mermaid custard, with a crust, Lashings of cream, eggs, apple-pulse and spice, A little sugar and manchet bread.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
And in the hands of the maiden was a quantity of white bread, and she had some manchet bread in her veil, and she came into the chamber.
From The Mabinogion Vol. 2 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
Who are to pluck the golden pippins—who are to smack lips at the golden fish—who are to chew the fine manchet loaves of Downing-street?
From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 by Various
The fare of the two little children is thus described: “Breakfasts for the nurcery, for my lady Margaret and Mr. Yngram Percy, a manchet, one quart of beer, three mutton bones boiled.”
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
The manchet was sometimes thought to be sufficient without butter, as we now eat a scone.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew
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