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Naples biscuit

Naples biscuit noun: a type of biscuit flavoured with rosewater.

Noun

Naples biscuit (plural Naples biscuits)

  1. (historical) A type of biscuit flavoured with rosewater.
    • After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver.1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin, published 1985, page 66

Forms of Naples biscuit

pluralNaples biscuits

Questions about Naples biscuit

What does Naples biscuit mean?
Naples biscuit means a type of biscuit flavoured with rosewater.
What part of speech is Naples biscuit?
Naples biscuit is a noun.
What is the plural of Naples biscuit?
The plural of Naples biscuit is Naples biscuits.

Words near Naples biscuit in the dictionary

  1. napkinned
  2. napkinning
  3. napkins
  4. NAPLAN
  5. Naples
  6. Naples biscuit
  7. Naples biscuits
  8. Naples yellow
  9. Naples yellows
  10. napless
  11. naplessness

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