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lemon plait

lemon plait noun: lemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.

Noun

lemon plait (uncountable)

  1. Lemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.
    • I sucked "lemon plait" and I read and would not have changed places with an angel.1913, Katharine Tynan, Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences, page 51
    • […] she sold lemon platt^([sic]).1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Examples of lemon plait in a sentence

  • Jerry went for a thing called "lemon plait." He watched the dwindling supply with anguish, not strong enough to reach the counter in the fetid excitement of hungry boys.1936, Francis Hackett, The Green Lion, page 241:
  • […] grander sugar stick such as Lemon Plait, that was two pieces plaited together and that had a nice sourish taste.1957, Padraic Colum, The Flying Swans, page 141:

Questions about lemon plait

What does lemon plait mean?
Lemon plait means lemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.
How do you use lemon plait in a sentence?
Jerry went for a thing called "lemon plait." He watched the dwindling supply with anguish, not strong enough to reach the counter in the fetid excitement of hungry boys.
What part of speech is lemon plait?
Lemon plait is a noun.

Words near lemon plait in the dictionary

  1. lemon mint
  2. lemon mints
  3. lemon myrtle
  4. lemon myrtles
  5. lemon pepper
  6. lemon plait
  7. lemon shark
  8. lemon sharks
  9. lemon socialism
  10. lemon soda
  11. lemon sodas

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