coco-nut

Try a littlle bit of coco-nut milk for the gray you prepared, it turns any spicy gravys yummy …

Roast chicken with Indian spices and a pan gravy « Salt and Pepper. 2006

Some of the women carried parcels; there was a gleaming silver object on the quilt of a perambulator; and one old man clasped a hairy-headed coco-nut to his breast.

The Years 2004

There were a coco-nut mat and a mirror outside the dining-room door, and the waiters used to preen themselves up and go in looking the picture of cleanliness.

Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

Why, otherwise, does it squat on the frond of a coco-nut palm, spread out like a remnant of frayed bark, and, peering down, parody the terrier below?

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

Imprisoned in an improvised hutch, well padded and bedded with blady grass, the pigling forgot its brief experience of freedom, finding consolation in a diet of coco-nut milk.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

“One word only, Master Land,” I said to the harpooner, who was beginning to ravage another coco-nut tree.

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

There, between the folded plaits, I saw a loose pearl, whose size equalled that of a coco-nut.

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

Intent upon giving its flesh a nutty flavour, over which his eyes twinkled, George, after three or four unsuccessful attempts, made a huge grater out of a foot square of galvanized iron, and spent an hour or so every day stuffing his pet with porridge of shredded coco-nut and milk.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

Then another took up his abode, extended the clearing, planted coco-nut palms, several kinds of fruit trees, sugar-cane, sweet potatoes, taro, etc., etc., and went his way.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

Huge coco-nut palms, that a few hours ago might have vaunted their stately straightness, lie uprooted or broken at the base, or lean at pitiable angles.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003