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  • noun Plural form of syllabub.

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Examples

  • The syllabubs, too, had soured and corrupted in the heat.

    The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

  • Rich, strong eggnog — the richer and stronger, the better — is no stranger to holiday celebrations in New Orleans, and at this time of year the drink takes its place alongside syllabubs on the traditional southern table.

    HOMEMADE VEGAN "PUMPKIN NOG" (AND IT'S A "NOG", NOT A MILKSHAKE!) Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • Rich, strong eggnog — the richer and stronger, the better — is no stranger to holiday celebrations in New Orleans, and at this time of year the drink takes its place alongside syllabubs on the traditional southern table.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • “WHICH is Scully?” said Lady Gorgon, lifting her glass gravely (she was at that very moment thinking of the syllabubs).

    The Bedford-Row Conspiracy 2006

  • He had declined any supper, but Mr.. Bug, who approved of Mr. Christie, had been plying him through the evening with toddies, syllabubs, and other nourishing elixirs-all containing a high percentage of alcohol.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • When customers were invited to dine, nothing rivaled serving a perfectly roasted duck on a great oval platter, or a pyramid of syllabubs in trumpet vases, or pickles in scallop shells, to spur commissions.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

  • When customers were invited to dine, nothing rivaled serving a perfectly roasted duck on a great oval platter, or a pyramid of syllabubs in trumpet vases, or pickles in scallop shells, to spur commissions.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

  • When customers were invited to dine, nothing rivaled serving a perfectly roasted duck on a great oval platter, or a pyramid of syllabubs in trumpet vases, or pickles in scallop shells, to spur commissions.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

  • It is not, however, of him I mean now to speak; but I come to pray you, of dear love, to row up with me as far as Richmond, where two or three of the gallants whom you saw yesterday, mean to give music and syllabubs to a set of beauties, with some curious bright eyes among them — such, I promise you, as might win an astrologer from his worship of the galaxy.

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • When customers were invited to dine, nothing rivaled serving a perfectly roasted duck on a great oval platter, or a pyramid of syllabubs in trumpet vases, or pickles in scallop shells, to spur commissions.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

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