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Empire biscuit

Empire biscuit noun: a kind of sweet biscuit, typically two pieces of shortbread with a layer of jam between them and icing and a glacé cherry on top, popular in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries.

empire biscuit: a kind of sweet biscuit, typically two pieces of shortbread with a layer of jam between them and...
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Noun

Empire biscuit (plural Empire biscuits)

  1. A kind of sweet biscuit, typically two pieces of shortbread with a layer of jam between them and icing and a glacé cherry on top, popular in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries.

Synonyms of Empire biscuit

Forms of Empire biscuit

pluralEmpire biscuits

Origin of Empire biscuit

Originally known as the Linzer biscuit and later the Deutsch biscuit, it was rechristened the Empire biscuit in England with the outbreak of the First World War, after the British Empire.

Questions about Empire biscuit

What does Empire biscuit mean?
Empire biscuit means a kind of sweet biscuit, typically two pieces of shortbread with a layer of jam between them and icing and a glacé cherry on top, popular in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries.
What part of speech is Empire biscuit?
Empire biscuit is a noun.
What is the plural of Empire biscuit?
The plural of Empire biscuit is Empire biscuits.

Words near Empire biscuit in the dictionary

  1. empiernado
  2. empight
  3. emping
  4. empire
  5. Empire Bay
  6. Empire biscuit
  7. Empire biscuits
  8. Empire City
  9. Empire cookie
  10. Empire cookies
  11. Empire Day

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