wafery
- a word derived from wafer.
Example Sentences
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At Easter the clerk used to leave at the house of each pew-holder a packet of Easter cakes--thin wafery biscuits, not unlike Jewish Pass-over cakes.
From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
This was none of your stand-up, wafery, bread and butter teas, but a thorough-going, sit-down supper, and all settled themselves with a smiling satisfaction, prophetic of great powers and an equal willingness to employ them.
From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May
Then lemonade and wafery little cakes were brought in, that the puzzlers might refresh themselves.
From Patty's Friends by Wells, Carolyn
It was not till comparatively recent times that the wafery, a special department of the royal kitchen, where the confectionery and pastry were prepared, was discontinued.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew
I was just going to try the little wafery things, when all of a sudden the Hayfork Parson sat up, looking all dazed and nohow.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
