lemon

• Dredge with the grated rind of a lemon--a somewhat dry lemon is preferable--which has been mixed thoroughly with one tablespoon of sugar and one small teaspoon of corn starch. —  Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
• Thorny added some candy to Bab's lemon, and Belinda had a cake, which her mamma obligingly ate for her. —  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9
• "I can't stand his arbitrary ways Oh, he's a lemon--and worse," returned his brother During that week there was an election of officers for the school battalion, composed of Company A and Company B. The Rover boys, being freshmen, could not compete for any position, even had they so desired; but there was a good deal of electioneering among the cadets, and the lads got quite a lot of fun out of it. —  The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets
• Boil the rice in the milk for twenty minutes with the sugar and rind of lemon, then remove the rind and add the vanilla. —  My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec
• Now, let me alone, and I'll get all his plans out of him, turn him inside out like a glove, pump him as dry as a pond in the summer, squeeze him like a lemon--and let him see whether the poor ignorant Iwish_, as he softly calls us, are not an overmatch for him at the finesse upon which he seems so much to pride himself Egad! —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes

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