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How to use currant in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Currant means a small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape. Example: “Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!”

More sentences with currant

  • Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!From the entry butcher's
  • I had asked for a teacake and ended up with a currant breadcake.2011 September 15, Martyn Johnson, What's Tha Up To?: Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry teacake
  • Spotted dog is a sort of pudding, made from dough with currants embedded.1968, Bulletin - Volumes 4-6, page 76. From the entry spotted dog
  • High on Ben Howth rhododendrons a nannygoat walking surefooted, dropping currants.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry rhododendrons
  • Antoine demurred, of course, but did at last consent to let me pick red currants.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], “September 6th”, in In the Mountains, 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company…. From the entry demur
  • Each order will contain one dark chocolate custard, one bourbon vanilla bean custard, one raspberry currant and one brandied plum paczek.2024 February 14, Nicole Haase, “Let the good times roll: Where to find Mardi Gras treats, from king cake to paczki”, in The Cap Times…. From the entry paczek
  • I have seen it with red currants, with the raspberry preserves mixed with applesauce, with almonds instead of hazelnuts.2014, Mark Kurlansky, Talia Kurlansky, “Dessert: Linzertorte”, in International Night: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the…. From the entry linzertorte
  • They were her favorites, filled with currant jam.2013, M. K. Hammond, chapter 14, in The Rabbi of Worms, Eugene, Ore.: Resource Publications, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry blintse
  • Blend the butter into the consommé and add a couple of serving-spoonfuls of red currant jelly and stir until melted.1977, John Wootters, Hunting Trophy Deer, New York, N.Y.: Winchester Press, →ISBN, page 233. From the entry serving-spoonful
  • The custom of preparing rich, tartlike cheesecakes with eggs, mild fresh cheese, lemon, and often raisins or currants dates back centuries in Europe.2005, Nancy Baggett, The All-American Dessert Book. From the entry tartlike
  • His theory was simple: so many of the barrow boys trading on LIFFE read the currant bun that the markets were bound to do whatever its money column said.2008, Nicola Monaghan, Starfishing, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry currant bun
  • It is enough to mention the succulent ingredients, the sugar and butter, the ground almonds and sherry wine, the currant preserves spread in the bottoms of the patty pans.1983, Patricia Clapp, “Through the Eyes of an Author: Making the Past Come Alive”, in Donna E. Norton, Through the Eyes of a Child: An…. From the entry maid of honor tart
  • He insisted on stopping at a charmingly romantic cabman's shelter somewhere, at five o'clock this morning, and we had a surfeit of hot cocoa and currant buns.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry surfeit

Meaning of currant

  1. noun A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
  2. noun The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
  3. noun A shrub bearing such fruit.

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Questions about currant in a sentence

How do you use currant in a sentence?
Currant is used as a noun. For example: “Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!”
What is a short sentence with currant?
“They were her favorites, filled with currant jam.”
What does currant mean?
Currant means a small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.

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