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At the ranch house the morning air was crisp and brittle, yet midday made the shade welcome, and in the open, under the winter sun, roses bloomed and oranges, grape-fruit, and lemons turned to golden yellow ripeness.
CHAPTER XXXVI 2010
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I always add some lemon or grape-fruit juice, or lime juice to orange.
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The little shop sold lemonade, orangeade, lime juice, grape-fruit juice and ginger-beer.
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The fruit of Palm Beach—“the admirable pale-skinned orange and the huge sun-warmed grape-fruit, plucked from the low bough where it fairly bumps your cheek for solicitation”—was good.
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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Because at some more flexible period he had advanced from oranges to grape-fruit he considered himself an epicure.
Main Street 2004
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Those grape-fruit looked horribly self-satisfied, compared with the potatoes!
The White Monkey 2004
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Senator Olson received a bowl of oatmeal with a side of brown sugar and a halved grape-fruit, while the president received his usual bowl of Post Toasties with skim milk and a cup of fruit.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997
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Kiki, look here-the biggest, juiciest grape-fruit I ever did see in my life-and two halves, not one.
The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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'The doctor's got a cold, fetch the King,' said Kiki, looking to see if Jack had left any of his grape-fruit.
The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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_Red and White Salad_: Make cups from lettuce hearts, fasten them to the plate, with a drop of melted butter, fill lightly with grape-fruit pulp, and set a tiny red beet, boiled tender, in the middle.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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