Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former spelling of
syrup - noun One of the kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugar-making.
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Examples
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It was Mme. Dauvray's habit to take her luncheon and her dinner at the restaurants, and her maid was all that she required to get ready her 'petit dejeuner' in the morning and her 'sirop' at night.
At the Villa Rose 1906
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As the Spring comes on the women of the camps will be busy making "sirop" from the birch trees, and dressing the skins of moose or deer which their husbands have killed in the chase.
Owindia : a true tale of the MacKenzie River Indians, North-West America Charlotte Selina Bompas 1873
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Insider's Guide To Beirut Dalia Khamissy for The Wall Street Journal A plate of Knafeh and sugar sirop at the Amal Bohsali pastry shop The city's geography—mountains on one side, the Mediterranean on the other—and high rents mean hotspots have sprung up in unlikely neighborhoods.
Beirut Anna Louie Sussman 2011
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You could call this dish a lemon tart, just as you could, feasibly call a lemon drizzle cake a un cake imprégné de sirop de citron – but at the risk of finally making it into Pseuds Corner, that doesn't quite do either dish justice.
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At the time I was looking in the fridge and my bottle of Steeves l'original Canadien sirop toppled infont of me missing my foot by a wisker.
Beaching and Moaning: Non-necessity is the Mother of Reinvention BikeSnobNYC 2010
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September 17, 2009 at 12:27 am ciidre, maipul sirop, pannkek, and smuuch.
Video: I Can Haz Pancakes? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The Galloping Beaver: Vive la revolution de sirop d'erable!
Vive la revolution de sirop d'erable! the rev. paperboy 2008
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Sip a sirop de violette — violet sherbet, a local specialty — under the historic dome of Le Bibent brasserie, as the setting sun glows pink against the surrounding buildings (5, place du Capitole).
4 Hours In Toulouse 2008
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* References: sirop de fraise = strawberry syrup (drink); la maman (f) = mom; non-croyant = non-believer; L'Homme en Rouge = The Man in Red; la tête (f) = head
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* References: sirop de fraise = strawberry syrup (drink); la maman (f) = mom; non-croyant = non-believer; L'Homme en Rouge = The Man in Red; la tête (f) = head
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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