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sponge fingers

sponge fingers is the plural of sponge finger.

Meaning of sponge finger

Noun

sponge finger (plural sponge fingers)

  1. (UK) Synonym of ladyfinger (“a sponge cake biscuit”).
    • Mr. Fercher’s specialties include maronitortchen (chestnut torte), malakofftorte (sponge fingers with whipped cream, almonds and coffee cream), and fruchte auf blatterteig, an awesome concoction of fruit, puff pastry and sponge cake.1986 December 12, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Vienna Re-creates a Lively Cafe of 1856”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24...
    Synonyms:
    ladyfinger

Questions about sponge fingers

What is sponge fingers the plural of?
Sponge fingers is the plural of sponge finger.

Words near sponge fingers in the dictionary

  1. sponge crab
  2. sponge crabs
  3. sponge down
  4. sponge downs
  5. sponge finger
  6. sponge fingers
  7. sponge function
  8. sponge functions
  9. sponge gourd
  10. sponge out
  11. sponge pudding

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