Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
short-cake .
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Examples
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Baking 5 to 10 minutes longer will produce a firmer short-bread as it removes additional moisture and gives the shortbread a longer shelf life.
The Christmas Cookie Cookbook Ann Pearlman 2010
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Foody Guru's heart shaped Almond short-bread cookies made me yearn to go back to those days.
Archive 2008-06-01 bhags 2008
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Foody Guru's heart shaped Almond short-bread cookies made me yearn to go back to those days.
Round up: This book makes me cook bhags 2008
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I tried the same thing with strawberries and regular short-bread the first time and it came out very well too.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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I tried the same thing with strawberries and regular short-bread the first time and it came out very well too.
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"Oh, I see what you mean," said Miss Mallowcoid, speaking with her mouth full of very dry short-bread, "I didn't know he meant it in that way."
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Anyhow, I can make dandy short-bread and fruitcake.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921
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The servant gaed in to Duffs the noo, an ', as ye ken fine, the manse fowk doesna deal wi' him, except they're wantin 'short-bread.
A Window in Thrums 1898
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"Whaever's to preach the morn is to bide at the manse, for the minister's servant's been at Baker Duft's buyin 'short-bread -- half a lippy, nae doot."
A Window in Thrums 1898
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Faith, it's like trying to butter short-bread with the thermometer at zero.
We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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