fruit cocktail
Britishnoun
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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 ● Apr. 3, 2025
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 ● Dec. 22, 2022
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 ● Nov. 18, 2022
Holding the weathered, century-old green hardcover delicately, she explains that two dishes she has prepared, the California chews and the Van Nuys fruit cocktail, are taken directly from this relic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
He counted seven large, number 10, cans of food: two of chili, two of beef stew, two of vegetable soup, and one of fruit cocktail.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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